The effect of the impedance of a thin hydrogel electrode on sensation during functional electrical stimulation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 739-746

  Sha, N ^a   Kenney, L P J ^a   Heller, B W ^b   Barker, A T ^c   Howard, D ^a   Wang, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrode; FES; Impedance; Sensation

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; ELECTROLYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

CURRENT DISTRIBUTIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES); HIGH IMPEDANCE; HYDROGEL; LOW-IMPEDANCE; NON UNIFORMITIES; SELF ADHESIVE;

METALLIZING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HIGH IMPEDANCE ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEL ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW IMPEDANCE ELECTRODE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN RECEPTOR; SURFACE CHARGE;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 47649091393     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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