@article{9a44f7a451724d6eba82b84fe48c391b,
title = "A strategy used by paraplegics to stand up using FES",
abstract = "Many paraplegics can stand up if their leg extensor muscles are stimulated without feedback to the stimulator-controller. Their neurologically-intact upper bodies control the motion by exerting forces through the arms. To develop stimulator-controllers, we wish to understand the strategy they use. In two subjects, we measured the handle forces and the posture during standing up. Plotted so as to relate the handle forces to the leg joints, the results show that the upper body helps extend the knees and then the hips: a strategy we call quick knee-locking. This may keep the upper body forces within the limits of its strength.",
keywords = "FES, Paraplegia, Standing up, Strategy",
author = "N. Donaldson and Yu, {C. H.}",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received November 25, 1997; revised February 1, 1998 and March 9, 1998. This work was supported by Action Research under Grant A/P/0633. The authors are with the Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London WC1E 6JA U.K. Publisher Item Identifier S 1063-6528(98)03845-2. 1In this paper, we shall only consider the situation in which the hands provide support, such as by using handles which can be mounted on wheelchairs [7], [9], parallel bars, or a standing frame, but not, for example, crutches.",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1109/86.681181",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
pages = "162--167",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering",
issn = "1063-6528",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "2",
}