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Force recruitment during electrical nerve stimulation with multipolar intrafascicular electrodes

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Experimentally, during electrical nerve stimulation, the influence is examined of two intrafascicular anodes on the force recruitment with one intrafascicular cathode. It is found that the anodes suppress recruitment and that this effect is more pronounced when the distance of the anodes to the cathode is decreased, or when the anodal currents are increased. The measured recruitment curve patterns can be qualitatively explained by a nerve stimulation model that calculates theoretical recruitment curves for intrafascicular multi-electrode configurations. Discrepancies between the experimental and the theoretical recruitment curves are seen, but these can be understood by taking into account a non-uniform fibre distribution.

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  1. Biomedical Engineering Division, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    J. H. Meier,  W. L. C. Rutten & H. B. K. Boom

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Meier, J.H., Rutten, W.L.C. & Boom, H.B.K. Force recruitment during electrical nerve stimulation with multipolar intrafascicular electrodes. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 33, 409–417 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02510524

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