A model for transcutaneous current stimulation: Simulations and experiments

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-289

  Kuhn, Andreas ^a   Keller, Thierry ^a,b   Lawrence, Marc ^a   Morari, Manfred ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active nerve model; Capacitive effects; Finite element model; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACTIVE NERVE MODEL; ARRAY ELECTRODES; CAPACITIVE EFFECTS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS; FAR FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; HUMAN VOLUNTEERS; MODEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; NEAR FIELDS; NERVE ACTIVATIONS; NON-LINEAR NERVE MODELS; POTENTIAL FIELDS; STIMULATION ELECTRODES; TRANSCUTANEOUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; VOLUME CONDUCTOR MODELS; VOLUME CONDUCTORS;

ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE; NANOSENSORS; SKIN;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; CHRONAXY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 62149124049     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0422-z     Document Type: Article

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