A programmable and portable NMES device for drop foot correction and blood flow assist applications

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2416-2419

  Breen, Paul P ^a,b   Corley, Gavin J ^a,b   O'Keeffe, Derek T ^c   Conway, Richard ^a,c   Olaighin, Gearóid ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; GYROSCOPES; NEUROLOGY;

BLOOD FLOW; NMES DEVICE;

BLOOD;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 57649220853     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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