The effect of subcutaneous fat thickness on the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5684-5687

  Doheny, Emer P ^a   Caulfield, Brian M ^a   Minogue, Conor M ^b   Lowery, Madeleine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Bio Medical Research Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE;

ACTIVATING FUNCTION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

ELECTRODES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 61849153408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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