Blood flow changes in the trapezius muscle and overlying skin following transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1047-1055

  Sandberg, Margareta L ^a   Sandberg, Matilda K ^b   Dahl, Johanna ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MONITORING; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 34547635264     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060178     Document Type: Article

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