Quantitative assessments of elbow flexor muscle performance using twitch interpolation in post-polio patients: No evidence for deterioration

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 663-672

  Allen, Gabrielle M ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a,b   Middleton, J ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Prnc Henry Prnc of Wales Hospitals   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Isometric contraction; Poliomyelitis; Twitch interpolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; ELBOW; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 0030989840     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.4.663     Document Type: Article

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