A model of selective activation of the femoral nerve with a flat interface nerve electrode for a lower extremity neuroprosthesis

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-204

  Schiefer, Matthew A ^a,b   Triolo, Ronald J ^b,c   Tyler, Dustin J ^a,b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

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

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrode; Femoral nerve; Flat interface nerve electrode (FINE); Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Selective stimulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

FEMORAL NERVE; FLAT INTERFACE NERVE ELECTRODE (FINE); FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES); SELECTIVE STIMULATION;

PROSTHETICS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRODE; FEMORAL NERVE; LEG PROSTHESIS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 42049099508     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2008.918425     Document Type: Article

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