Neuromuscular stimulation therapy after incomplete spinal cord injury promotes recovery of interlimb coordination during locomotion

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jung, R ^a   Belanger, A ^a   Kanchiku, T ^a   Fairchild, M ^a   Abbas, J J ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D KINEMATICS; ADULT FEMALES; HIND LIMBS; HIP JOINTS; IN-CONTROL; INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; LIMB MOVEMENTS; MOTOR FUNCTION; NEUROMOTOR; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION; THERAPEUTIC TOOLS; TREADMILL WALKING;

DOSIMETRY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MAMMALS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CONVALESCENCE; COORDINATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HIP; KINEMATICS; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; LONG EVANS RAT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREADMILL; WALKING; ANIMAL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449724747     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/5/055010     Document Type: Article

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