Intraspinal microstimulation generates functional movements after spinal-cord injury

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 430-440

  Saigal, Rajiv ^a,c,d   Renzi, Costantino ^b   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^b,e,f,g,h  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Intraspinal microstimulation (ISMS); Neuroprosthesis; Spinal cord injury (SCI)

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENTS; LOCOMOTOR CIRCUITS; MICROWIRES; SPINAL CORDS;

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; KINEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

STAINLESS STEEL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBEDDING; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; GAIT; HINDLIMB; IMPLANTATION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREADMILL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING; WIRE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HINDLIMB; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10244238880     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2004.837754     Document Type: Article

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