Toward the Restoration of Hand Use to a Paralyzed Monkey: Brain-Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation of Forearm Muscles

Eric A. Pohlmeyer; Emily R. Oby; Eric J. Perreault; Sara A. Solla; Kevin L. Kilgore; Robert F. Kirsch; Lee E. Miller

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005924

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Toward the Restoration of Hand Use to a Paralyzed Monkey: Brain-Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation of Forearm Muscles

Eric A. Pohlmeyer,

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Emily R. Oby,

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Eric J. Perreault,

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Sara A. Solla,

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Kevin L. Kilgore,

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Robert F. Kirsch,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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Lee E. Miller

* E-mail: lm@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Toward the Restoration of Hand Use to a Paralyzed Monkey: Brain-Controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation of Forearm Muscles

Eric A. Pohlmeyer,
Emily R. Oby,
Eric J. Perreault,
Sara A. Solla,
Kevin L. Kilgore,
Robert F. Kirsch,
Lee E. Miller

Published: June 15, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005924

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