A portable, 8-channel transcutaneous stimulator for paraplegic muscle training and mobility - A technical note

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-51

  Simcox, Scott ^a   Davis, Glen ^b   Barriskill, Andrew ^b   Middleton, James ^b   Bruinsma, Ian ^b   Duncan, Michael ^b   Smith, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Neuromuscular stimulator; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MUSCLE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RESEARCH; SKIN;

LEGS; SPINAL CORD;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DEVICE; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 1542314274     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2004.01.0041     Document Type: Article

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