Functional electric stimulation for sensory and motor functions: Progress and problems

Biomedical Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue , 2003, Pages 23-50

  Prodanov, Dimiter ^a,b   Marani, Enrico ^a,b,c   Holsheimer, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Neuroregulation Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENGINEERING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HAND FUNCTION; HEART PACING; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LIMB DISEASE; LOCOMOTION; LOCOMOTION NEUROPROSTHESIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSTHESIS; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STROKE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE REACTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

EID: 20444429374     PISSN: 1310392X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14748/bmr.v14.107     Document Type: Review

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