Sensory, motor, and pain thresholds for stimulation with medium frequency alternating current

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-278

  Ward, Alex R ^a   Robertson, Valma J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0031969169     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90006-5     Document Type: Article

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