New functional electrical stimulation approaches to standing and walking

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Mushahwar, Vivian K ^a   Jacobs, Patrick L ^b   Normann, Richard A ^c   Triolo, Ronald J ^d   Kleitman, Naomi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

INTRASPINAL MICROSTIMULATION (ISMS); LUMBOSACRAL SPINAL CORDS; MULTI-SITE MICROELECTRODES; NEUROPROSTHETIC DEVICES;

WALKING AIDS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DEVICE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KINEMATICS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STANDING; WALKING; WELLBEING;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; PARAPLEGIA; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 34548230407     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/4/3/S05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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