Frequency- and amplitude-transitioned waveforms mitigate the onset response in high-frequency nerve block

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Gerges, Meana ^a   Foldes, Emily L ^a,b   Ackermann, D Michael ^b   Bhadra, Narendra ^b,c   Bhadra, Niloy ^a,b   Kilgore, Kevin L ^a,b,c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; CONDUCTION BLOCK; CURRENT AMPLITUDE; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IN-VIVO; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-AMPLITUDE; LOWER FREQUENCIES; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL FIRING; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RAPID METHOD; TRANSITION ACTIVITY; TRANSITION TIME; WAVE FORMS;

MAMMALS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 78649308180     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/7/6/066003     Document Type: Article

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