Effect of subcutaneous fat thickness and surface electrode configuration during neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 468-474

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Activating function; Finite element analysis; M wave; Model

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL PROPAGATION; ACTIVATING FUNCTION; ELECTRODE DISTANCES; ELECTRODE SIZE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MODELING STUDIES; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MYELINATED NERVES; NEURAL MODELS; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OBESE POPULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT THICKNESS; SURFACE ELECTRODE; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; WAVE AMPLITUDES; WAVE MODELS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH;

EID: 77952876194     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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