title: Gender effect on discrimination of location and frequency in surface electrical stimulation.
abstract: This work investigated the gender effect on discrimination of surface electrical stimulation applied on the human forearm. Three experiments were conducted to examine the abilty of discriminating stimulation frequency, location, or both parameters in 14 healthy subjects. The results indicated a statistically significant impact of gender on the discrimination performance in all the three experiments (p <; 0.01, p <; 0.01, and p <; 0.001, respectively). The female group performed noticeably better than the male group (i.e., mean difference 15.4%, 11.9%, and 16.7% in repective experiment). The findings may provide evidence of gender difference in perceiving and interpreting electrical stimulation. Considering the gender difference may improve the efficacy of electrically evoked sensory feedback in applications such as prosthetic use and pain relief.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Senthoopiya A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Paramanathan
authors.forename: Karina F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Mette V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lauridsen
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gade
authors.forename: Romulus
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lontis
authors.forename: Winnie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004566:Electrodes; D056228:Feedback, Sensory; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D055815:Young Adult