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chronaxie

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chronaxie /chro·nax·ie/ (kro´nak-se) chronaxy.
chro·nax·ie or chro·nax·y (krnks, krnk-)
n. pl. chro·nax·ies
The minimum interval of time necessary to electrically stimulate a muscle or nerve fiber, using twice the minimum current needed to elicit a threshold response.

chronaxie [kro´nak-se]
the minimum time at which an electric current must flow at a voltage twice the rheobase to cause a muscle to contract. In a strength-duration curve for muscle stimulation, it is the pulse width at a voltage twice that at the rheobase.

chronaxie, chronaxy
the minimum time at which an electric current must flow at a voltage twice the rheobase to cause a muscle to contract.


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Sensations, such a pressure, heat, tickle, can all be produced by varying the chronaxie, an electrical pulse varyin g in length of time.
 
 
 
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