Engineering Neural Interfaces for Rehabilitation of Lower Limb Function in Spinal Cord Injured

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1152-1166

  He, Jiping ^a   Ma, Chaolin ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; brain machine interface; neural control; neural interfaces; neural networks; neural systems; neuroprothetics; rehabilitation; stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008035317     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2008.922593     Document Type: Article

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