A comparison of true and premodulated interferential currents

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-415

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Pain; Pain threshold; Rehabilitation; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; TORQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSORY NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 1842561647     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(03)00478-7     Document Type: Article

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