Electric pulse frequency and magnitude of perceived sensation during electrocutaneous forearm stimulation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1378-1382

  Jelinek, Herbert F ^a   McIntyre, Rowan ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Dixon   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Perception; Rehabilitation; Sensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOREARM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PULSE RATE; SENSATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEARING; INNERVATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; TOUCH; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AUSTRALIA; FOREARM; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; REHABILITATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOUCH; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77956249673     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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