Effects of a 2-, 3- and 4-electrode stimulator design on current dispersion on the surface and into the limb during electrical stimulation in controls and patients with wounds

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 485-497

  Petrofsky, J ^a   Lawson, D ^b   Prowse, M ^a   Suh, H J ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Electrical stimulation; Muscle contraction; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOWS; CONTROL SUBJECTS; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRODE SYSTEMS; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIES; IN CONTROLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ON CURRENTS; THREE ELECTRODES;

BLOOD; ELECTRODES; HEMODYNAMICS; MUSCLE; PHYSICAL THERAPY; SKIN;

ELECTROLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SURFACE; VENOUS STASIS;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 56249105872     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900701574407     Document Type: Article

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