Hindlimb movement in the cat induced by amplitude-modulated stimulation using extra-spinal electrodes

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-124

  Tai, Changfeng ^a   Wang, Jicheng ^a   Shen, Bing ^a   Wang, Xianchun ^a   Roppolo, James R ^a   De Groat, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; HEALTH; METALLIZING; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

BODY WEIGHT; DIFFERENT SPEEDS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; GROUND REACTION FORCE (GRF); HIND LIMBS; LOCOMOTOR FUNCTION; MULTI-JOINT; SPINAL CORDS; SPINAL SEGMENTS; SPINAL-CORD INJURY (SCI); WAVE FORMS;

DOSIMETRY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOVEMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 47349098650     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/5/2/002     Document Type: Article

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