Strategies for generating prolonged functional standing using intramuscular stimulation or intraspinal microstimulation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-285

  Lau, Bernice ^a   Guevremont, Lisa ^a   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult cat; Closed loop control; Feedback; Functional electrical stimulation; Open loop control; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ACCELEROMETERS; CONTROL THEORY; CONTROLLERS; DOSIMETRY;

ANKLE EXTENSOR MUSCLES; CONJUNCTION; INTERLEAVED INTRASPINAL MICROSTIMULATION; OPEN-LOOP AND CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL;

NEUROLOGY; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ACCELEROMETER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STANDING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE JOINTS; BALANCE OF FORCE; CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLERS; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; CONSTANT LEVEL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; EXTENSOR MUSCLES; FEEDBACK SIGNAL; FORCE PLATE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GROUND REACTION FORCES; INJECTED CURRENT; LOWER AVERAGE; MICROSTIMULATION; OPEN LOOP CONTROL; OPEN LOOPS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORDS;

EID: 77955072355     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.897030     Document Type: Article

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