Identifying changes in human skin electrical properties due to long-term NeuroMuscular Electrical Stimulation

Author

Birlea, Sinziana I. ; Birlea, Nicolae M. ; Breen, Paul P. ; O´Laighin, Gearoid

Author_Institution

Electronic Engineering Department, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

329

Abstract

The skin electrical properties are identified using a standard NeuroMuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) voltage pulse. The three component series equivalent electrical model was chosen to account for the skin electrical properties. The values of each of these three electricel components of the equivalent electrical model were identified and compared throughout 40 minute daily NMES sessions and over 5 days. Current measurements were performed during the NMES sessions in a non-invasive way, in order to assess changes occuring during each stimulation session and due to long-term NMES.

Keywords

Biomedical engineering; Blood flow; Electrical stimulation; Humans; Muscles; Neuromuscular stimulation; Pulse circuits; Skin; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage; Computer Simulation; Electric Capacitance; Electric Impedance; Electric Stimulation; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Models, Biological; Skin Physiological Phenomena;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649156

Filename

4649156