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Optimization of pulse duration for electrical stimulation in treatment of urinary incontinence

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Vaginal and anal sensory thresholds as well as periurethral sphincter muscle motor thresholds were determined in a group of neurologically healthy patients, and an 0.2 ms pulse duration was found to have the optimum pulse charge/pulse duration and pulse energy/pulse duration relationship. This is significant for further studies of therapeutic stimulation for urinary incontinence, where a pulse duration of around 1 ms is now commonly used.

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  1. J. Stefan Institute, E. Kardelj University, Jamova 39, 61000, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

    Stanislav Plevnik & Peter Vrtačnik

  2. Institute for Clinical Neurophysiology, University Clinical Center, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

    David B. Vodušek

  3. Urological Clinic, University Clinical Center, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

    Janez Janež

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  1. Stanislav Plevnik
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Plevnik, S., Vodušek, D.B., Vrtačnik, P. et al. Optimization of pulse duration for electrical stimulation in treatment of urinary incontinence. World J Urol 4, 22–23 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00326736

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