Safe Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulator Designed for the Elderly

Artificial Organs

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-256

  Krenn, Matthias ^a   Haller, Michael ^a   Bijak, Manfred ^a   Unger, Ewald ^a   Hofer, Christian ^b,c   Kern, Helmut ^b,d   Mayr, Winfried ^a  

^a Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Optical Imaging and its Translation to Medicine   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH   (Austria)

^d WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging muscle; Compliance management; Electrical stimulation; M wave; Myokinematic signal; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SYSTEM BUSES; USER INTERFACES;

AGING MUSCLE; COGNITIVE ABILITY; COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT; ELDERLY PEOPLE; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATORS; M-WAVES; MYOKINEMATIC SIGNAL; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

MUSCLE;

ACCELERATION; AGED; AGING; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 79952639239     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2011.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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