کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3451833 1595762 2009 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Lowering of Sensory, Motor, and Pain-Tolerance Thresholds With Burst Duration Using Kilohertz-Frequency Alternating Current Electric Stimulation: Part II
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی و دندانپزشکی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Lowering of Sensory, Motor, and Pain-Tolerance Thresholds With Burst Duration Using Kilohertz-Frequency Alternating Current Electric Stimulation: Part II
چکیده انگلیسی

Ward AR, Lee Hung Chuen WL. Lowering of sensory, motor, and pain-tolerance thresholds with burst duration using kilohertz-frequency alternating current electric stimulation: part II.ObjectiveTo determine the optimum burst duration for discrimination between sensory, motor, and pain tolerance thresholds using 20-Hz bursts of kilohertz-frequency sinusoidal alternating current (AC) applied transcutaneously to human participants.DesignA within-subject, repeated-measures trial.SettingA research laboratory.ParticipantsHealthy young adults (N=20).InterventionsBursts of AC electric stimulation at frequencies of 1 and 4kHz. The burst frequency was 20Hz. Burst durations ranged from 250 microseconds (for 1 cycle of 4-kHz AC) and 1 millisecond (for 1 cycle of 1-kHz AC) to 50 milliseconds (continuous AC).Main Outcome MeasuresMeasurement of sensory, motor, and pain-tolerance thresholds.ResultsThresholds decreased to a minimum with increasing burst duration. The minimum threshold identified the utilization time over which summation of subthreshold stimuli occurs. Utilization times were different for sensory (∼20ms), motor (∼30ms), and pain (>50ms) and were much higher than found in a previous study that used a higher burst frequency (50Hz). As with the previous study, relative thresholds were found to vary with burst duration. Despite the very different utilization times, maximum separation between sensory, motor, and pain thresholds was found to occur with bursts in the range of 1 to 4 milliseconds, the same range found in the previous study.ConclusionsOur conclusions concur with those reported previously and support the contention that short-duration kilohertz-frequency AC bursts (1–4ms) have a more useful role in rehabilitation than the long-duration kilohertz-frequency bursts that characterize Russian and interferential currents.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Volume 90, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 1619–1627
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