Using External Anal Sphincter Activity to Detect the Onset of Hyper-Reflexive Bladder Contractions

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1579-1582

  Wenzel, Brian J ^a,d   Grill, Warren M ^a,c,d   Boggs, Joseph W ^a,d   Gustafson, Kenneth J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Louis Stokes Cleveland Dept Vet A   (United States)

^d Cleveland VA FES Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder contraction; EAS EMG

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CONTRACTIONS; EAS; EMG; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHASE MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

EID: 1542271595     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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