The transfer of current through skin and muscle during electrical stimulation with sine, square, Russian and interferential waveforms

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-181

  Petrofsky, J ^a   Laymon, M ^b   Prowse, M ^b   Gunda, S ^b   Batt, J ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Sports; Therapy; Training; Waveform

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; SPORTS; THERAPY; TRAINING; WAVEFORM;

ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EXPERIMENTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SKIN;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 61649114472     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900802054580     Document Type: Article

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