Towards physiological ankle movements with the ActiGait implantable drop foot stimulator in chronic stroke

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 557-569

  Ernst, Jennifer ^a   Grundey, Jessica ^a   Hewitt, Manuel ^a   Von Lewinski, Friederike ^a   Kaus, Jürgen ^b   Schmalz, Thomas ^b   Rohde, Veit ^a   Liebetanz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Otto Bock Healthcare ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Drop foot; functional electrical stimulation; gait; neurostimulation; peroneal nerve; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; IMPLANTED PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATOR; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PATIENT; PERONEUS NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84883886642     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-120283     Document Type: Article

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