Monophasic and biphasic stimulation evoke different responses

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-241

  Field Fote, Edelle C ^a   Anderson, Brent ^a   Robertson, Valma J ^b   Spielholz, Neil I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Sensory nerve action potential; Sensory threshold; Stimulus waveform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; WAVEFORM; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0041766737     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10414     Document Type: Article

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