Microprocessor based spatial tens (transcutaneous electric nerve stimulator) designed with waveform optimality for clinical evaluation in a pain study

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 493-505

  Repperger, D W ^a   Ho, C C ^b   Aukuthota, P ^b   Phillips, C A ^c   Johnson, D C ^a   Collins, S R ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microprocessor biomedical device; Optimal electrical power transfer; Pain therapy; Sensory aid

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BRAIN; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; PATIENT TREATMENT; SENSORY AIDS; SKIN; TISSUE;

OPTIMAL ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSFER; PAIN THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATOR;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0031279634     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(97)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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