Effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on voluntary locomotor activity in an incomplete spinal cord injured individual

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 1 TRACK-A, 2013, Pages

  Hofstoetter, U S ^a   Hofer, C ^b   Kern, H ^b   Danner, S M ^a,c   Mayr, W ^a   Dimitrijevic, M R ^d,e   Minassian, K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Foundation for Movement Recovery   (Norway)

Author keywords

Locomotor activity; Non invasive; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord stimulation; Treadmill stepping

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRODES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SPORTING GOODS;

FLEXION-EXTENSION; LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL CIRCUITS; NON-INVASIVE; SKIN ELECTRODES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 84904011310     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2013-4014     Document Type: Article

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