A two-step model to optimise transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the human upper arm

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1329-1345

  Goffredo, Michela ^a   Schmid, Maurizio ^a   Conforto, Silvia ^a   Bilotti, Filiberto ^a   Palma, Claudio ^a   Vegni, Lucio ^a   D'Alessio, Tommaso ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active nerve model; Fibre recruitment; Finite elementmodel; Functional electrical stimulation; Multi pad electrode

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENTMODEL; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; NERVE MODELING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

MUSCLE;

EID: 84926301348     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/COMPEL-04-2013-0118     Document Type: Article

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