I want to stimulate muscles of the limbs by using electromagnetic stimulation. (Direc stimulation to themsucle, not by transcranial stimulation)
Does anyone know about some paper, book, whitepaper, webpage or any source where I can find the main parameters (coils size, power, current, voltage of the generator, frequency, width of the pulse, etc.) to achieve this?
I´m currently reading papers related to the topic but I´m still not clear about the technical characteristics required.
Thanks for your help.
Dear Rigoberto,
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1991 is dedicated to electromagnetic stimulation (not limited to transcranial stim.). I think reading the whole issue is worthwhile but if you cannot get hold of it via your library, you should at least try to get the article by Jalinous on "Technical and Practical Aspects of Magnetic Nerve Stimulation":
https://journals.lww.com/clinicalneurophys/Abstract/1991/01000/Technical_and_Practical_Aspects_of_Magnetic_Nerve.4.aspx
as well as the article by Yunokuchi et al.
In the last 27 years, some improvements were made, e. g. higher pulse frequency possible in burst mode, but the basics dictated by the biological conditions remained the same, of course.
As a general rule, the engineering task becomes easier with increasing volume of stimulated tissue. E. g., stimulating the pelvic floor is simpler than stimulating only a few cm3 of tissue because smaller coils result in higher currents, larger capacitor banks, and higher thermal resistance of the coil.
BTW, I'm not sure what is directly stimulated in the limbs, the muscles itself or the efferent peripheral nerves.
Hope this helps.
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