The effect of the subcutaneous fat on the transfer of current through skin and into muscle

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1168-1176

  Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Conduction; Electrical stimulation; Nerve; Pain

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN; WAVE FILTERS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONDUCTION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NERVE; PAIN;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 55949103246     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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