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

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-408

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptive stimulation; Blood flow; Drop foot; Electrical stimulation; NMES; Portable; Programmable; Rehabilitation; Stimulator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STIMULATION; BLOOD FLOW; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NMES; PORTABLE; PROGRAMMABLE; REHABILITATION; STIMULATOR;

APPLICATIONS; BLOOD; DROPS; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS;

ACCELEROMETER; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 60949090998     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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