Functional electrical stimulation instead of surgery? Improvement of grasping function with FES in a patient with C5 tetraplegia;Funktionelle elektrostimulation anstatt operation? Verbesserung der greiffunktion mittels FES bei einem patienten mit tetraplegie C5

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Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 587-590

  Pfurtscheller, J ^a   Rupp, R ^d   Muller G R ^b   Fabsits, E ^a   Korisek, G ^c   Gerner, H J ^d   Pfurtscheller, G ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Rehabilitationszentrum Tobelbad ^*  (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Functional electrical stimulation; Grasp function; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND GRIP; HAND PALM; HUMAN; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DRINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 23844439555     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-004-0876-x     Document Type: Article

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