Selective activation of small-diameter motor fibres using exponentially rising waveforms: A theoretical study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 493-500

  Hennings, Kristian ^a   Arendt Nielsen, L ^a   Christensen, S S ^a   Andersen, O K ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exponentially rising waveforms; Functional electrical stimulation; Selective electrical activation; Subthreshold prepulses

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; NATURAL FIBERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EXPONENTIALLY RISING WAVEFORMS; SELECTIVE ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION; SUBTHRESHOLD PREPULSES;

NEUROLOGY;

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ELECTRODE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME; WAVEFORM;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 27744576216     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344731     Document Type: Article

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