Central fatigue during isometric exercise in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 909-914

  Kent Braun, Jane A ^a,d   Miller, Robert G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; EMG; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Motor neuron; Muscle

Indexed keywords

CREATINE PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0034091408     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200006)23:6<909::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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