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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) can restore limb movements through electrically initiated, coordinated contractions of paralyzed muscles. The peripheral nerve is an attractive site for stimulation using cuff electrodes. Many applications will require the electrode to selectively activate many smaller populations of axons within a common nerve trunk. The purpose of this study is to computationally model the performance of a flat interface nerve electrode (FINE) on the proximal femoral nerve for standing and stepping applications. Simulations investigated multiple FINE configurations to determine the optimal number and locations of contacts for the maximum muscular selectivity. Realistic finite element method (FEM) models were developed from digitized cross sections from cadaver femoral nerve specimens. Electrical potentials were calculated and interpolated voltages were applied to a double-cable axon model. Model output was analyzed to determine selectivity and estimate joint moments with a musculoskeletal model. Simulations indicated that a 22-contact FINE will produce the greatest selectivity. Simulations predicted that an eight-contact FINE can be expected to selectively stimulate each of the six muscles innervated by the proximal femoral nerve, producing a sufficient knee extension moment for the sit-to-stand transition and contributing 60% of the hip flexion moment needed during gait. We conclude that, whereas more contacts produce greater selectivity, eight channels are sufficient for standing and stepping with an FES system using a FINE on the common femoral nerve.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1534-4320
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
A model of selective activation of the femoral nerve with a flat interface nerve electrode for a lower extremity neuroprosthesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western University, Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. matthew.schiefer@case.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural