The influence of electrode size on selectivity and comfort in transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the forearm

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-262

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

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b R and D Management   (Switzerland)

^c TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comfort; Electrode size; Finite element model; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE SIZE; FAT LAYER; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GASTROCNEMIUS; HUMAN VOLUNTEERS; MOTOR FUNCTION; NERVE MODELS; OPTIMAL ELECTRODES; SPINAL CORDS; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; STIMULATION SITES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; WELL STIMULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOREARM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOREARM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77953258370     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2039807     Document Type: Article

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