Title :
IEE Colloquium on FES in the UK - Into the Next Millenium
Abstract :
The following topics were dealt with: neuroprosthetic advances in the treatment of spinal cord injury; functional electrical stimulation (FES) for foot drop in multiple sclerosis-patient selection; improvement of hemiplegic gait with single channel surface stimulation; new implanted devices for the neural interface; development of a clinical FES service; evaluation of an FES system-methodological considerations; FES systems-a commercial perspective; the application of FES for the cerebral palsy child
Keywords :
prosthetics; cerebral palsy child; clinical FES service; foot drop; functional electrical stimulation; hemiplegic gait improvement; implanted devices; methodological considerations; multiple sclerosis; neural interface; neuroprosthetic advances; patient selection; single channel surface stimulation; spinal cord injury treatment;
Conference_Titel :
FES in the UK - Into the Next Millenium (Digest No: 1997/299), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
