Muscle force, perceived effort, and voluntary activation of the elbow flexors assessed with sensitive twitch interpolation in fibromyalgia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1621-1627

  Miller, Thomas A ^a,b   Allen, Gabrielle M ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,c  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elbow flexors; Fatigue; Fibromyalgia; Muscle performance; Subjective effort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; DEPRESSION; ELBOW; EXERTION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0029777466     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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