Determining the effects of electrical stimulation on functional recovery of denervated rat gastrocnemius muscle using motor unit number estimation

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1977-1980

  Willand, Michael P ^a   Holmes, Michael ^a   Bain, James R ^a   Fahnestock, Margaret ^a   De Bruin, Hubert ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIALS; DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATIONS; MUSCLE STIMULATION; NERVE REPAIR; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERONEAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; REPAIR;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; LEWIS RAT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84055199345     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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