Lumbar stimulation belt for therapy of low-back pain

Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-60

  Popović, Dejan B ^a,b   Bijelić, Goran ^c   Miler, Vera ^d   Došen, Strahinja ^a   Popović, Mirjana B ^a,b,e   Schwirtlich, Laszlo ^f  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Faculty of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^e Institute for Interdisciplinary Research   (Macedonia)

^f Institute of Rehabilitation Dr Miroslav Zotovic   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Active lumbar belt; Electrical therapy; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; MUSCLE;

ACTIVE LUMBAR BELT; ASSISTIVE SYSTEM; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL THERAPY; EMBEDDED ELECTRODES; ITS APPLICATIONS; LOWER BACK PAIN; MUSCLE SPASMS; TECHNICAL DETAILS;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHORT FORM 12; STIMBELT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 58649124524     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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