Feasibility of bionic reanimation of a paralyzed face: A preliminary study of functional electrical stimulation of a paralyzed facial muscle controlled with the electromyography of the contralateral healthy hemiface

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Kurita, Masakazu ^a   Takushima, Akihiko ^a   Muraoka, Yoshihiro ^b   Shiraishi, Tomohiro ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIONICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

BIONICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77955369367     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181df6ff3     Document Type: Note

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