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Multi-Electrode Stimulation Of Myelinated Nerve Fibers

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Robots and Biological Systems: Towards a New Bionics?

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Abstract

Patients with a central nervous system injury resulting in total or partial paralysis of extremities often have an intact peripheral neuromuscular system. Many attempts were made to restore lost functions by artificial electrical stimulation of the peripheral neuromuscular system. In principle, inducing muscle contraction is possible through electrical stimulation of:

  • the ventral roots,

  • the peripheral nerves or

  • the muscles themselves.

In the latter case the nerve branches in the muscle are stimulated rather than the muscle fibers themselves (Grandjean and Mortimer, 1984; Eichhorn et al., 1984). The stimulation electrodes can be applied:

  • on the surface of the skin (transcutaneous stimulation)

  • through the skin (percutaneous stimulation)

  • by implantation

Transcutaneous stimulation

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Veltink, P.H., van Alsté, J.A., Holsheimer, J. (1993). Multi-Electrode Stimulation Of Myelinated Nerve Fibers. In: Dario, P., Sandini, G., Aebischer, P. (eds) Robots and Biological Systems: Towards a New Bionics?. NATO ASI Series, vol 102. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58069-7_33

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