Neurotherapeutic and neuroprosthetic effects of implanted functional electrical stimulation for ambulation after incomplete spinal cord injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-16

  Bailey, Stephanie Nogan ^a   Hardin, Elizabeth C ^a   Kobetic, Rudi ^a   Boggs, Lisa M ^a   Pinault, Gilles ^a   Triolo, Ronald J ^a,b  

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

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Functional outcomes; Gait; Gait training; Neurological gait disorders; Neuroprosthetic; Neurotherapeutic; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Stimulation; Walk

Indexed keywords

DORSIFLEXIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT DISORDERS; GAIT TRAINING; INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE EXTENSOR; KNEE FLEXIONS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULATING ELECTRODES; WALKING SPEED;

DOSIMETRY; GAIT ANALYSIS; PULSE CIRCUITS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SPEED;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PULSE GENERATOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING SPEED;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GAIT; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 77949768087     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2009.03.0034     Document Type: Article

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