The effect of maintaining a constant preload or a constant degree of thumb abduction on the isometric twitch force of the thumb

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-102

  Van Santen, Gertjan ^a,b   Otten, Egbert ^a   Wierda, Jan Mark Klaas Hyltje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mechanomyography; Neuromuscular monitoring; Preload; Twitch force

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE;

ISOMETRIC TWITCH FORCE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR MONITORING;

PATIENT MONITORING;

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SARCOMERE; THUMB; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THUMB;

EID: 0033064327     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009915208894     Document Type: Article

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