Stimulation of the human lumbar spinal cord with implanted and surface electrodes: A computer simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 637-645

  Ladenbauer, Josef ^a   Minassian, Karen ^b,c   Hofstoetter, Ursula S ^b,c   Dimitrijevic, Milan R ^b,d   Rattay, Frank ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; finite element model; rehabilitation; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER MODELING; DIRECT ACTIVATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IMPLANTED ELECTRODES; LOW THRESHOLDS; LOWER LIMB; MUSCLE RESPONSE; NONINVASIVE METHODS; REHABILITATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SPINAL CANALS; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORDS; STIMULATION TECHNIQUES; SURFACE ELECTRODE; TRANSCUTANEOUS;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 78650043820     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2054112     Document Type: Article

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