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Abstract | ||
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This paper reports on a wireless stimulator device for use in animal experiments as part of an ongoing investigation into intraspinal stimulation (ISMS) for restoration of walking in humans with spinal cord injury. The principle behind using ISMS is the activation of residual motor-control neural networks within the spinal cord ventral horn below the level of lesion following a spinal cord injury. The attractiveness to this technique is that a small number of electrodes can be used to induce bilateral walking patterns in the lower limbs. In combination with advanced feedback algorithms, ISMS has the potential to restore walking for distances that exceed that produced by other types of functional electrical stimulation. Recent acute animal experiments have demonstrated the feasibility of using ISMS to produce the coordinated walking patterns. Here we described a wireless implantable stimulation system to be used in chronic animal experiments and for providing the basis for a system suitable for use in humans. Electrical operation of the wireless system is described, including a demonstration of reverse telemetry for monitoring the stimulating electrode voltages. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346077 | EMBC |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
implantable neural stimulator,intraspinal stimulation,residual motor-control neural networks,neurophysiology,biomedical electrodes,isms,walking,prosthetics,injuries,lesion,spinal cord injury,functional electrical stimulation,stimulating electrode voltages,spinal cord ventral horn,patient rehabilitation,gait analysis,wireless stimulator device,intraspinal microstimulation,patient treatment,reverse telemetry,algorithms | Spinal cord,Spinal cord injury,Neuroscience,Functional electrical stimulation,Neurophysiology,Microstimulation,Nerve net,Gait analysis,Spinal Cord Ventral Horn,Medicine | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | ISBN |
2012 | 1557-170X | 978-1-4577-1787-1 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 1 |
Authors | ||
10 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip R. Troyk | 1 | 47 | 13.48 |
| Vivian K Mushahwar | 2 | 1 | 1.06 |
| Richard B Stein | 3 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Sungjae Suh | 4 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Dirk Everaert | 5 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Brad Holinski | 6 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Zhe Hu | 7 | 2 | 2.06 |
| Glenn DeMichele | 8 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Douglas Kerns | 9 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Kevin Kayvani | 10 | 0 | 0.34 |