A microcontroller system for investigating the catch effect: Functional electrical stimulation of the common peroneal nerve

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 438-448

  Hart, D J ^a   Taylor, P N ^b,c   Chappell, P H ^a   Wood, D E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catch effect; Deboo integrator; Doublets; Gait; Hemiplegia; Microcontroller; Neuromuscular stimulation; PIC

Indexed keywords

CATCH EFFECT; DEBOO INTEGRATOR; DOUBLETS; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION; PIC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GAIT ANALYSIS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); NEUROLOGY; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

MICROCONTROLLERS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE;

EID: 33646487922     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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