Transcutaneously coupled, high-frequency electrical stimulation of the pudendal nerve blocks external urethral sphincter contractions

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 615-626

  Gaunt, Robert A ^a   Prochazka, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bladder; Detrusor sphincter dyssyergia; High frequency block; Neuroprosthesis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAT; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PUDENDAL NERVE; SKIN; STIMULUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE BLOCK; URETHRA;

EID: 67651055726     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308328723     Document Type: Article

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