A closed-loop stimulation system supplemented with motoneurone dynamic sensitivity replicates natural eye blinks

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-233

  Frigerio, Alice ^a   Cavallari, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye blink; Facial paralysis; Motoneurones dynamic sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSED LOOP STIMULATION SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID PARALYSIS; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLANTATION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PARALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; BLINKING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ADULT; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 84858842498     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811427255     Document Type: Article

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