Functional electrical stimulation control of standing and stepping after spinal cord injury: A review of technical characteristics

Neuromodulation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-190

  Braz, Gustavo P ^a,b   Russold, Michael ^a,c   Davis, Glen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Applied Physiology Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Control; Functional electrical stimulation; Review; Standing; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL STRATEGY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; WALKING AID;

EID: 67651230712     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2009.00213.x     Document Type: Review

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