No increased neuromuscular jitter at rabbit skeletal muscle trigger spot spontaneous electrical activity sites

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 69-82

  Kuan, Ta Shen ^a   Lin, Thy Sheng ^b   Chen, Jo Tong ^b   Chen, Shu Min ^a   Hong, Chang Zern ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myofascial pain syndrome; Single fiber electromyography; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033847025     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v08n03_06     Document Type: Article

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