Current distribution under electrodes in relation to stimulation current and skin blood flow: Are modern electrodes really providing the current distribution during stimulation we believe they are?

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 368-381

  Petrofsky, J ^a   Schwab, E ^a   Cuneo M ^a   George, J ^a   Kim, J ^a   Almalty, A ^a   Lawson, D ^a   Johnson, E ^a   Remigo, W ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARBONIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDROGELS;

CARBONIZED RUBBER ELECTRODES; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; STIMULATION CURRENTS;

ELECTRODES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN ELECTRODE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33750387369     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900500183855     Document Type: Article

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