Gait impairments in a group of patients with incomplete spinal cord injury and their relevance regarding therapeutic approaches using functional electrical stimulation

Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-14

  Van Der Salm, Arjan ^a   Nene, Anand V ^a   Maxwell, Douglas J ^b   Veltink, Peter H ^c   Hermens, Hermie J ^a   Ijzerman, Maarten J ^a  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b PAL Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Gait disorders; Neurologic; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; GAIT DISORDERS; GAIT PATTERN; INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; KNEE FLEXIONS; NEUROLOGIC; PARAPLEGIA; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ADOLESCENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 21444447913     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2004.29004.x     Document Type: Article

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