Myoelectric signals of levator palpebrae superioris as a trigger for FES to restore the paralyzed eyelid

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 559-561

  Deng, Simin ^a   Yi, Xin ^b   Xin, Pengfei ^a   Yu, Dedong ^b   Wang, Guoxing ^b   Shen, Guofang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; MYOELECTRICITY; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE;

BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 84862809332     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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