The use of hydrogel as an electrode-skin interface for electrode array FES applications

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 967-972

  Cooper, Glen ^a   Barker, Anthony T ^b   Heller, Ben W ^c   Good, Tim ^b   Kenney, Laurence P J ^a   Howard, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical FE modelling; Electrical stimulation efficiency; Electrical stimulation focality; Electrode arrays; Electrode resistivity; Functional electrical stimulation; Hydrogel

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; FE-MODELLING; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HIGH RESISTIVITY; INTERFACE LAYER; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; LOW RESISTIVITY; LOWER LIMB; POST STROKE PATIENTS; QUASI-STATIC ELECTRIC FIELD; RESEARCH GROUPS; RESISTIVITY CHANGES; STATIONARY CURRENTS; TIME-PERIODS; TRANSVERSE CURRENTS;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; TISSUE;

HYDROGELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOCALITY; ELECTRODE SKIN INTERFACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ELECTRODE; SKIN SURFACE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MALE; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80051810422     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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