Elevating pain thresholds in humans using depolarizing prepulses

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1221-1224

  Poletto, Christopher J ^a,b   Van Doren, Clayton L ^c,d  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depolarizing prepulse; Electrocutaneous; Electrotactile; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ELECTRODES; PROBABILITY; PROSTHETICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMMUNICATION TOOLS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN STIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0036785148     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2002.803563     Document Type: Article

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