Lowering of Sensory, Motor, and Pain-Tolerance Thresholds With Burst Duration Using Kilohertz-Frequency Alternating Current Electric Stimulation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1036-1041

  Ward, Alex R ^a   Lucas Toumbourou, Stacey ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Pain threshold; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; BURST DURATION STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSATION; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547176762     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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