Research on peripheral nerve conduction block by high frequency alternating current stimulation

Author

Xiaojin Zhu ; Xu Zhang ; Hui Wang ; Chunchan Li ; Lili Yan ; Qingkai Liu ; Zhaohui Ren

Author_Institution

Sch. of Biomed. Eng., Capital Med. Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

16-18 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

582

Lastpage

586

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate completely motor nerve conduction block can be obtained in peripheral nerve by using high frequency electrical stimulation; then investigate the frequency-threshold relationship of the high frequency alternating current (HFAC) blocking signal; and analyze the influence of high frequency signals on the muscles which dominated by the corresponding nerves. The results showed that the complete block could be achieved in certain frequencies and different muscle stiffness actions can be induced due to the different block frequency stimulation.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomechanics; elastic constants; muscle; neurophysiology; HFAC blocking signal; high-frequency alternating current stimulation; high-frequency electrical stimulation; motor nerve conduction block; muscle stiffness; peripheral nerve conduction block; Peripheral Nerve; block threshold; high frequency electrical stimulation; nerve conduction block;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2012 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chongqing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1183-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEI.2012.6513156

Filename

6513156