Stimulation stability and selectivity of chronically implanted multicontact nerve cuff electrodes in the human upper extremity

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 428-437

  Polasek, Katharine H ^a   Hoyen, Harry A ^b,c   Keith, Michael W ^b,c   Kirsch, Robert F ^a,d   Tyler, Dustin J ^a,d  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Implantable electrodes; Nerve electrodes; Peripheral nerve; Selective stimulation; Upper extremity neuroprostheses

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES); IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODES; NERVE ELECTRODES; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SELECTIVE STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY NEUROPROSTHESES;

ABERRATIONS; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 70449510356     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2032603     Document Type: Article

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