Long pulse biphasic electrical stimulation of denervated muscle

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 457-459

  Woodcock, Alan H ^a   Taylor, Paul N ^b   Ewins, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biphasic; Denervated muscle; Direct electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

BIPHASIC; BLOOD FLOW; CASE BASED; DENERVATED MUSCLE; DIRECT ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; LONG PULSE; MEASUREMENTS OF; PILOT STUDIES; TISSUE QUALITY;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE GROWTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032992493     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06366.x     Document Type: Article

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