A system for the delivery of programmable, adaptive stimulation intensity envelopes for drop foot correction applications

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-186

  Breen, P P ^a   O'Keeffe, D T ^a   Conway, R ^a   Lyons, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drop foot stimulator; Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Stimulation intensity envelope

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GAIT ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MICROCONTROLLERS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SWITCHES;

DROP FOOT STIMULATOR; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES); GAIT CYCLE; STIMULATION INTENSITY ENVELOPE;

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; MICROCOMPUTER; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 31144453463     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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