Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 339-348 , May 2010

Metrological characterization of a cycle-ergometer to optimize the cycling induced by functional electrical stimulation on patients with stroke

  • Lorenzo Comolli

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Meccanica, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 2399 8443.
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  • Simona Ferrante

      Affiliations

    • Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Lab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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  • Alessandra Pedrocchi

      Affiliations

    • Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Lab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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  • Marco Bocciolone

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Meccanica, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, Milano, Italy
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  • Giancarlo Ferrigno

      Affiliations

    • Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Lab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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  • Franco Molteni

      Affiliations

    • Valduce Hospital, Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Via N. Sauro 17, Costamasnaga, LC, Italy

Received 1 July 2009 ,Revised 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 18 January 2010.

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PII: S1350-4533(10)00007-X

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.01.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 339-348 , May 2010

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