Detecting the onset of hyper-reflexive bladder contractions from the electrical activity of the pudendal nerve

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 428-435

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

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c Neural Engineering Center   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Cleveland FES Center   (United States)

^f LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Department of Biomedical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed loop control; Electroneurogram; Neural prosthesis; Neural stimulation; Spinal cord injury; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONEUROGRAM (ENG); NEURAL PROSTHESIS; NEURAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINAL INCONTINENCE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH RISKS;

NEUROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CALCULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROGNOSIS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 26244458028     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2005.848355     Document Type: Article

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