Effect of nerve cuff electrode geometry on onset response firing in high-frequency nerve conduction block

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 658-665

  Ackermann Jr , D Michael ^a,b,c   Bhadra, Niloy ^a   Foldes, Emily L ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^d   Kilgore, Kevin L ^a,b,e  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

High frequency alternating current; nerve conduction block; nerve cuff electrode; onset response; peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; NERVE CONDUCTION BLOCK; NERVE CUFF ELECTRODES; ONSET RESPONSE; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

MUSCLE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 78650092409     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2071882     Document Type: Article

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