Performance of epimysial stimulating electrodes in the lower extremities of individuals with spinal cord injury

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-287

  Uhlir, James P ^a   Triolo, Ronald J ^a,b,c   Davis Jr , John A ^c   Bieri, Carol ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodes; Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS); Man machine systems; Medical treatment; Muscles; Nervous system; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NEUROLOGY;

NEUROPROSTHESIS; TRUNK EXTENSION;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LEG MUSCLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942673164     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2004.827224     Document Type: Article

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