Quantification of muscle strength in recessive myotonia congenita

European Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 284-287

  Baumann, P ^a   Siira, P ^a   Vanharanta, H ^a   Myllyla V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Isokinetic muscle strength; Myotonia congenita; Myotonic inhibition; Skeletal muscle; Voluntary motor performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THOMSEN DISEASE; TORQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIA CONGENITA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TORQUE;

EID: 0029763027     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117273     Document Type: Article

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