title: Monitoring neuromuscular blockade. The table knife transducer.
abstract: A simple and inexpensive force transducer made from a stainless steel table knife is described. Construction is straightforward and utilises strain gauges that are readily available. Amongst its attributes are lightness, ease of application, low sensitivity to postural changes and linearity over extended periods of time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Dundas
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Levack
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Brockway
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects; D014159:Transducers