Hi John:
> It seems to me that the actual word 'tetanus' is not used for this in
> Britain, maybe because of the risk of confusion with the infection.
Reilly uses the word "tetanus."
Guyton uses the word "tetanization."
Tetanization would seem a better choice of
word to describe the electrically-induced
phenomenon as it avoids confusion with the
disease.
Tetanization (Guyton) is the general term
describing uncontrollable muscle contraction
caused by multiple stimuli in rapid
succession.
"Can't-let-go," as we use it in product
safety, describes a specific tetanization
situation where a body part is caused to
continuously grip an object due to the
tetanization.
The danger of "can't-let-go" tetanization
is that the object being gripped is one of
the electrical conductors providing the
current for tetanization.
Best regards,
Rich
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