Diameter-dependent excitation of peripheral nerve fibers by multipolar electrodes during electrical stimulation

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-152

  Stieglitz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Electrode; Fiber selectivity; Neural prostheses; Peripheral nerve; Recruitment; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROSTHESIS;

EID: 15844426928     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.2.149     Document Type: Article

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