Proceedings

 

7th Vienna International Workshop on Functional Electrical Stimulation

 

Vienna, Austria, September 12-15, 2001

 

Edited by

 

Winfried Mayr

Manfred Bijak

Christine Jancik

 


Published by

 

Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics

University of Vienna, Vienna Medical School

AKH 4L

Währinger Gürtel 18-20

A-1090 Vienna

Austria

 

Tel.: +43-1-40400-1984

Fax : +43-1-40400-3988

http://www.bmtp.akh-wien.ac.at

 

 

 

ISBN 3-900928-05-3


 

SESSION 1

DENERVATED MUSCLES

 

H.Kern, C.Hofer, M.Mödlin, C.Forstner, D.Raschka-Högler, W.Mayr, H.Stöhr
(Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                                             2

FES TRAINING OF DENERVATED MUSCLES IN HUMAN 

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W.Mayr, H.Kern, C.Hofer, J.Jarvis, S.Salmons (Vienna, Austria):                                                6

THE EU-PROJECT RISE: USE OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO RESTORE STANDING IN PARAPLEGICS WITH LONG-TERM DENERVATED DEGENERATED MUSCLES (DDM) 

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J.K.Terzis, W.T.Liberson (Norfolk, VA, USA):                                                                           11

OUR EXPERIENCE WITH SLOW PULSE STIMULATION IN PATIENTS WITH POST-TRAUMATIC NEUROPATHIES 

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A.Wernig, M.Zweyer, A.Irintchev (Bonn, Germany):                                                                  13

FUNCTION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE TISSUE FORMED AFTER MYOBLAST TRANSPLANTATION INTO IRRADIATED MOUSE MUSCLES 

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SESSION 2

PARAPLEGIA, UPPER MOTOR NEURON LESION

 

H.A.Cerrel-Bazo, A.Rizzetto, E.Corà, R.Bogoni, A.Bolner, S.W.Brown
(Vicenza, Italy):                                                                                                                              17

A TASK ORIENTED APPROACH BY MEANS OF A TRANSCUTANEOUS NEURO-ROSTHESIS: A 7 YEAR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE FOR EXERCISE, STANDING AND WALKING ON SCI SUBJECTS 

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S.Mangold, T.Keller, M.R.Popovic (Zurich, Switzerland):                                                           18

MUSCLE ACTIVITY DURING NORMAL WALKING AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR THE FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION APPLICATIONS 

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T.Keller, M.R.Popovic, I.P.I.Pappas, P.-Y.Müller (Zurich, Switzerland):                                    22

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR „COMPEX MOTION“ 

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M.Bijak, W.Mayr, M.Rakos, C.Hofer, H.Lanmüller, D.Rafolt, M.Reichel, S.Sauermann, C.Schmutterer, E.Unger, M.Russold, H.Kern (Vienna, Austria):                                                                           26

THE VIENNA FES SYSTEM FOR RESTORATION OF WALKING FUNCTIONS IN SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA 

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SESSION 3

FES CYCLING

 

J.Verellen, B.Kerby, B.Olijnyk, S.Saab, G.Smith, J.Jeon, R.D.Steadward, Y.Vanlandewijck, B.J.Andrews, G.D.Wheeler (Leuven, Belgium):                                                                                                   32

A COMPARISON OF THE PEAK PHYSICAL WORK CAPACITY DURING ARM ERGOMETRY, FES CYCLING, AND TWO HYBRID EXERCISE CONDITIONS IN SPINAL CORD INJURED 

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T.A.Perkins, N.de N.Donaldson, R.Fitzwater, G.F.Phillips, D.E.Wood

(London, UK):                                                                                                                                36

LEG POWERED PARAPLEGIC CYCLING SYSTEM USING SURFACE FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION 

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M.Gföhler, T.Angeli, P.Lugner, C.Hofer, M.Bijak, M.Reichel, W.Mayr
(Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                                           40

FES-CYCLING - MEASUREMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL ADAPTATION OF STIMULATION PATTERNS ON A TEST BED AND A MOBILE TRICYCLE 

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R.B.Stein, S.L.Chong, K.B.James, G.J.Bell (Edmonton, AB, Canada):                                      44

LEG PROPELLED WHEELCHAIR USING FES 

 

R.Fitzwater (Wouldham, Kent, UK):                                                                                            48

A PERSONAL USERS VIEW OF FES CYCLING 

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SESSION 4

IMPLANT TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION 1

 

R.Davis (Augusta, ME, USA):                                                                                                      54

27 YEARS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH IMPLANTABLE NEUROPROSTHESES FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS 

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I.Arcos, K.Fey, D.Mishler, D.Sanderson, C.Tanacs, M.J.Vogel, R.Wolf, Y.Zilberman, R.Davis, J.Schulman (Santa Clarita, CA, USA):                                                                                                              58

SECOND GENERATION MICROSTIMULATOR 

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W.D.Baumgartner, J.Hamzavi, C.Vasak, B.Schenk, S.Pok (Vienna, Austria):                           62

BILATERAL COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION 

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J.Delbeke, M.-C.Wanet-Defalque, B.Gérard, M.Troosters, G.Michaux, C.Veraart (Brussels, Belgium): 66

THE „MIVIP“ VISUAL PROSTHESIS FOR OPTIC NERVE STIMULATION 

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SESSION 5

IMPLANT TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION 2

 

M.Capoccia, H.Sutherland, S.Salmons, J.Jarvis (Liverpool, UK):                                               72

THE HAEMODYNAMIC FUNCTION OF INTRATHORACIC SKELETAL MUSCLE VENTRICLES AFTER RECOVERY FROM SURGERY IN PIGS 

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H.Lanmüller, U.Windberger, S.Sauermann, M.Rab, E.Unger, W.Girsch
(Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                                           76

CONDITIONING PROTOCOL AND STIMULATION DEVICE OF THE VIENNA SMV PROJECT 

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W.Girsch, H.Lanmüller, M.Rab, LP.Kamolz, U.Windberger, H.Schima,
R.Avanessian, M.Greher, M.Ulrich, H.Beck, W.Haslik and R.Seitelberger
(Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                                           80

THE VIENNA SMV-PROJECT - FIRST RESULTS FROM CHRONIC EXPERIMENTS IN GOAT 

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N.W.Guldner, P.Klapproth, M.Grossherr, H.H.Sievers (Lübeck, Germany):                               84

DEVELOPMENT OF MUSCULAR BLOODPUMPS, PERFORMED IN A ONE-STEP OPERATION 

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P.Klapproth, N.W.Guldner, J.Otten, P.Maczinowski, B.Nestler, M.Ryschka, T.Büter, R.Schirmer (Lübeck, Germany):                                                                                                                                       88

A COMBINED STIMULATION AND TELEMETRIC MONITORING SYSTEM: CURRENT DEVELOPMENT FOR BIOMECHANICAL HEARTS 

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J.Rozman, B.Zorko, M.Bunc, M.Zitko (Ljubljana, Slovenia):                                                      92

STIMULATION OF NERVES INNERVATING THE DOG’S PANCREAS 

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H.Thoma, P.Darrington, E.Unger (Vienna, Austria):                                                                    96

THE VIENNA PHRENIC PACEMAKER - LONG-TERM DATA OF FAILURES 

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SESSION 6

COMMAND AND FEEDBACK SIGNALS,
STIMULATION PARAMETERS

 

K.Kerševan, V.Valencic, N.Knez (Ljubljana, Slovenia):                                                            102

FATIGUE PROCESS OF TYPE I AND TYPE II MUSCLE FIBERS 

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A.Rainoldi, W.K.Durfee, R.Merletti (Torino, Italy):                                                                  106

TWITCH SUMMATION WITH DOUBLE STIMULATION 

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D.Rafolt, E.Gallasch, M.Fend, M.Bijak, H.Lanmüller, W.Mayr (Vienna Austria):                    110

FES INDUCED SURFACE MUSCLE STIFFNESS CAPTURED BY COMPUTER CONTROLLED TONOMETRY 

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T.Keller, M.R.Popovic (Zurich, Switzerland):                                                                             114

STIMULATION ARTIFACT REMOVAL ALGORITHM FOR REAL-TIME SURFACE EMG APPLICATIONS 

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M.Reichel, M.Bijak, W.Mayr, H.Lanmüller, D.Rafolt, S.Sauermann, E.Unger, E.Turkof (Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                                                                      118

BIPHASIC STIMULATION: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO MINIMIZE THE STIMULUS ARTIFACT FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND FOR CONTROL APPLICATIONS 

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M.F.Funada, S.Suzuki, K.Kasamastu, M.Shibukawa, S.P.Ninomija (Oyamasi, Tochigi, Japan): 122

USABILITY OF EEG SIGNALS FOR FES CONTROL - THROUGH EVENT RELATED POTENTIALS CAUSED BY OBSCURE PICTURES 

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V.P.Lebedev, A.V.Malygin, A.V.Kovalevski, S.V.Rychkova, V.N.Sisoev, S.P.Kropotov, E.M.Krupitski, L.I.Gerasimova, D.V.Glukhov, G.P.Kozlowski (Saint-Petersburg, Russia):                               126

DEVICES FOR NON-INVASIVE TRANSCRANIAL ELECTROSTIMULATION OF THE BRAIN ENDORPHINERGIC SYSTEM: APPLICATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS 

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SESSION 7

STIMULATION AND CLOSED LOOP CONTROL

 

L.M.Livshitz, P.D.Einziger, J.Mizrahi (Haifa, Israel):                                                                 132

RIGOROUS GREEN’S FUNCTION FORMULATION FOR TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL INDUCED ALONG 3-D INFINITE CYLINDRICAL CELL 

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M.Reichel, T.Breyer, W.Mayr, F.Rattay (Vienna, Austria):                                                        136

SIMULATION OF THE THREE DIMENSIONAL ELECTRICAL FIELD IN THE COURSE OF FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION 

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A.Uranga, N.J.M.Rijkhoff (Barcelona, Spain):                                                                           140

GENERATION OF NEW WAVEFORMS TO ACHIEVE ANODAL BLOCK: A COMPUTER STUDY 

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S.Sauermann, M.Bijak, M.Reichel, D.Rafolt, E.Unger, W.Mayr, H.Lanmüller
(Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                                         144

AUTOMATED ESTIMATION OF STIMULATION THRESHOLDS USING SINGLE TWICHES AND ACCELERATION SENSORS 

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M.Ponikvar, M.Munih (Ljubljana, Slovenia):                                                                             152

SELF-TUNING REGULATION OF MUSCLE GENERATED MOMENT INDUCED BY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION 

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S.Jezernik, P.Inderbitzin, T.Keller, R.Riener (Zurich, Switzerland):                                          156

SLIDING MODE CONTROL OF FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR KNEE JOINT ANGLE TRACKING 

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SESSION 8

Dropped foot, functional restoration

 

M.M.Dimitrijevic, M.R.Dimitrijevic (Ljubljana, Slovenia):                                                        162

CLINICAL ELEMENTS FOR THE NMS AND FES PROTOCOLS IN THE PRACTICE OF NEUROREHABILITATION 

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C.A.Johnson, A.M.Tromans, D.E.Wood, D.O’Keefe, D.Buhrs, I.D.Swain, J.H.Burridge (Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK):                                                                                                                             168

A PILOT STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE COMBINED USE OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A (BoNTA) AND FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES), WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY, IN THE TREATMENT OF SPASTIC DROPPED FOOT IN SUBACUTE STROKE 

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S.M.Finn, G.E.Mann, P.N.Taylor (Salisbury, UK):                                                                     172

USING FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES) IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE 

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T.Bajd, M.Munih, R.Savrin, H.Benko, I.Cikajlo (Ljubljana, Slovenia):                                     176

DERMATOME ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AS A THERAPEUTIC AMBULATORY AID FOR INCOMPLETE SCI PATIENTS 

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A.Wernig, S.Müller (Bonn, Germany):                                                                                        180

PRINCIPLES OF LAUFBAND (LB) THERAPY FOR SPINAL CORD DAMAGED PERSONS 

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SESSION 9

Dropped foot, STIMULATORS

 

R.Thorsen, J.Burridge, N.Donaldson, M.Ferrarin, J.Norton, P.Veltink

(Milano, Italy):                                                                                                                              184

A PILOT STUDY OF AUTO-MYO-ELECTRIC CONTROL OF FES ON TIBIALIS ANTERIOR AND SCI SUBJECTS 

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L.Kenney, G.Bultstra, R.Buschman, P.Taylor, G.Mann, H.Hermens, J.Holsheimer, A.Nene, M.Tenniglo, H.van der Aa, J.Hobby (Enschede, The Netherlands):                                                                188

INITIAL RESULTS FROM TWO TRIALS OF AN IMPLANTABLE TWO CHANNEL DROP FOOT STIMULATOR 

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P.H.Veltink, P.Slycke, E.Morsink, J.Hemssems,  G.Bultstra, H.Hermens
(Enschede, The Netherlands):                                                                                                       192

TOWARDS AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION OF GAIT SUPPORTED BY A TWO CHANNEL IMPLANTABLE DROP FOOT STIMULATOR 

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S.N.Ghoussayni, J.R.Henty, D.E.Wood, D.J.Ewins (Surrey, Guildford, UK):                          196

AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE GYROSCOPE AS A SENSOR IN FES FOOT-DROP CORRECTION SYSTEMS 

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S.E.Crook, I.D.Swain, P.N.Taylor, S.Finn (Salisbury, UK.):                                                     200

QUALITY PRODUCTS AND QUALITY FOR PATIENTS - ISO9002 FOR MANUFACTURE AND CLINICAL SERVICE 

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SESSION 10

upper extremity, Functional restoration

 

M.B.Popovic, T.Sinkjær, D.B.Popovic, A.Stefanovic, L.Schwirtlich
(Aalborg, Denmark):                                                                                                                     206

RESTITUTION OF REACHING AND GRASPING PROMOTED BY FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL THERAPY 

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G.E.Mann, L.Malone, P.N.Taylor, J.H.Burridge (Salisbury, UK):                                             210

A PILOT STUDY IN PREPARATION FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON RECOVERY OF HAND SENSATION AND FUNCTION IN STROKE PATIENTS 

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M.J.Ijzerman, J.R.de Kroon, J.J.M.Jannink-Nijlant, G.J.Renzenbrink, J.L.Severens (Enschede, Netherlands):                                                                                                                                214

PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TREATMENT OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY IN POST-STROKE HEMIPLEGIA 

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POSTER  PRESENTATIONS

 

 

T.Angeli, T.Denkmeier (Vienna, Austria):                                                                                   220

EFFECTS OF TRAINING WITH ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON KNEE JOINT TORQUE  

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T.Angeli, M.Gföhler, A.Karg (Vienna, Austria):                                                                         224

VARIABLE FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEPENDING ON KNEE FLEXION ANGLE 

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M.Bijak, W.Mayr, M.Quittan, A.Sochor, R.Pacher, E.Unger, D.Rafolt, H.Lanmüller, S.Sauermann, G.Freilinger (Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                     228

EFFECTS OF NMES IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY HEART FAILURE 

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R.Davis, A.Barriskill, Z.Milijasevic, T.Houdayer, B.Andrews (Augusta, ME, USA):               232

PARAPLEGIA: THE IMPLANTABLE PRAXIS FES-24B SYSTEM FOR MULTI-FUNCTIONAL RESTORATION 

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C.Hofer, W.Mayr, H.Stöhr, E.Unger, H.Kern (Vienna, Austria):                                               236

A STIMULATOR FOR FUNCTIONAL ACTIVATION OF DENERVATED MUSCLES 

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W.Mayr, G.Freilinger, D.Rafolt, M.Bijak, W.Girsch, C.Hofer, H.Lanmüller, M.Reichel, S.Sauermann, C.Schmutterer, E.Unger, V.Gratchev, Y.Koryak, B.Shenkman, I.Belozerova, J.Kozlovskaya, A.Gregoriev (Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                                         240

FES AS A COUNTERMEASURE AGAINST MUSCULAR ATROPHY IN LONG-TERM SPACE FLIGHTS 

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M.Reichel, M.Bijak, W.Mayr, H.Lanmüller, D.Rafolt, M.Rakos, S.Sauermann, E.Unger, E.Turkof (Vienna, Austria):                                                                                                                                        244

MOBILE PC-SYSTEM FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ELECTRO-NEURODIAGNOSTICS 

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M.Russold, M.Bijak, S.Sauermann, M.Reichel, M.Rakos, W.Mayr (Vienna, Austria):              248

OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE COMPONENTS FOR MULTICHANNEL-STIMULATOR CONTROL

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L.Zhou, N.de.N.Donaldson (London, U.K.):                                                                              252

WHEN CAN AUTOCORRELATION BE USED FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF ENG SIGNALS? 

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