Design of a symmetry controller for cycling induced by electrical stimulation: Preliminary results on post-acute stroke patients

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 663-667

  Ambrosini, Emilia ^a   Ferrante, Simona ^a   Schauer, Thomas ^c   Ferrigno, Giancarlo ^a   Molteni, Franco ^b   Pedrocchi, Alessandra ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control systems; Cycling; Electric stimulation therapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ACUTE STROKE; CYCLING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; PULSEWIDTHS; PULSWIDTHS; STROKE; STROKE PATIENTS;

CONTROLLERS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TORQUE;

EID: 77955457767     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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