The influence of experimental muscle pain on motor unit activity during low-level contraction

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 200-206

  Birch, Laila ^a,b   Christensen, Hanne ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^b   Søgaard, Karen ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimental muscle pain; Low force; Motor units; Wrist extension

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODULATION; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; WRIST;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; WRIST;

EID: 0034536595     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210000279     Document Type: Article

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