Surface-stimulation technology for grasping and walking neuroprostheses

Author

Popovic, Milos R. ; Keller, Thierry ; Papas, I.P.I. ; Dietz, Volker ; Morari, Manfred

Author_Institution

Autom. Control Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

20

Issue

1

fYear

2001

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

93

Abstract

Deals with improving the quality of life in stroke/spinal cord injury subjects with rapid prototyping and portable FES systems. Portable grasping and walking neuroprostheses, developed by the Automatic Control Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) and the Paraplegic Center at the University Hospital Balgrist (ParaCare) are discussed. Both neuroprostheses employ surface stimulation technology and are currently used by a number of subjects in daily living activities

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomechanics; neuromuscular stimulation; patient rehabilitation; prosthetics; Automatic Control Laboratory; ParaCare; Paraplegic Center; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich; University Hospital Balgrist; daily living activities; grasping neuroprostheses; portable FES systems; quality of life improvement; spinal cord injury subjects; stroke subjects; surface stimulation technology; surface-stimulation technology; walking neuroprostheses; Biomedical electrodes; Contracts; Hospitals; Laboratories; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Needles; Neuromuscular stimulation; Neurons; Pulse generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/51.897831

Filename

897831