Recording of electric signal passing through a pylon in direct skeletal attachment of leg prostheses with neuromuscular control

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1349-1353

  Pitkin, M ^a   Cassidy, C ^a   Muppavarapu, R ^a   Edell, D ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inner Sea Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; direct skeletal attachment; limb amputation; neurocontrol; osseointegration; prosthetic rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

DIRECT SKELETAL ATTACHMENT; ELECTRIC SIGNAL; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; LEG PROSTHESIS; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; NEURO CONTROL; NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL; OSSEOINTEGRATION; POROUS TITANIUM; RECORDING SYSTEMS; TITANIUM TUBE;

BONE; MUSCLE; RECORDING INSTRUMENTS; TITANIUM; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

SILICON; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTRODE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LEG PROSTHESIS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; RIGHTING REFLEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84860385744     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2187784     Document Type: Article

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