Evoked isometric muscle contractions in myopathies: Analysis of pathophysiological properties by different stimulus patterns

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-69

  Dillmann, U ^a   Heide, G ^a   Kramer G ^b   Hopf, H C ^b   Schimrigk, K ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adductor pollicis muscle; Double stimulation; Isometric twitches; Limb girdle muscular dystrophy; Metabolic myopathy; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031935417     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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