Reduction of the onset response in high frequency nerve block with amplitude ramps from non-zero amplitudes

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 650-653

  Bhadra, Niloy ^a   Foldes, Emily L ^a   Ackermann Jr , D Michael ^a   Kilgore, Kevin L ^a,b,c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

BLOCK CONDUCTION; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; HIGH FREQUENCY ALTERNATING CURRENT; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RAT SCIATIC NERVE; SUPRATHRESHOLD; THRESHOLD AMPLITUDE;

MAMMALS;

EID: 77951021565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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