Biopotentials as command and feedback signals in functional electrical stimulation systems

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-40

  Sinkjaer, Thomas ^a   Haugland, Morten ^a   Inmann, Andreas ^a   Hansen, Morten ^a   Nielsen, Kim D ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Command; EEG; EMG; ENG; Feedback; FES

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY;

NERVE SIGNALS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BLADDER EMPTYING; BREATHING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDING; WALKING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOOT DISEASE; HAND; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FOOT DISEASES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HAND; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PERIPHERAL NERVES; QUADRIPLEGIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037213710     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00178-9     Document Type: Review

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