Human electromuscular incapacitation devices characterization: a comparative study on stress and the physiological effects on swine.

Human electromuscular incapacitation devices or electromuscular disruption (EMD) devices are increasingly used in police and military applications. Most individuals who experience electromuscular incapacitation are in a stress-filled state, and the effects of prolonged or repeated exposures are not well understood. Three different commercially available EMD devices were tested randomly on 6 anesthetized pigs each for a total of 18 pigs.