Transcutaneous nerve stimulation: Frequency and waveform specificity in humans

Jefferson J. Katims; Donlin M. Long; Lorenz K.Y. Ng

doi:10.1159/000100133

Transcutaneous nerve stimulation: Frequency and waveform specificity in humans

Jefferson J. Katims, Donlin M. Long, Lorenz K.Y. Ng

School of Medicine

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Abstract

The effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TNS) of a constant alternating current administered at various frequencies and waveforms to volunteer human subjects were investigated. The TNS was found to evoke noncutaneous subjective sensations in all the subjects. Only with a sinusoid waveform of TNS were distinct frequency ranges of the stimulation associated with specific noncutaneous subjective sensations. Our findings suggest that nervous tissue is capable of discriminating the waveform parameters of an electrical stimulus.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	86-91
Number of pages	6
Journal	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Volume	49
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000100133
State	Published - 1986

Keywords

Phosphenes
Subjective sensations
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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