Decreased EMG inhibition following electrical stimulation over muscle tendons in myopathies

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1931-1935

  Priori, A ^a   Cinnante, C ^a   Pesenti, A ^a   Gallanti, A ^a   Cappellari, A ^a   Scarlato, G ^a   Barbieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human motor control; Myopathy; Tendon inhibition; Voluntary muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FORCE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 7; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; LATENT PERIOD; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MODULATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PAIN; REFERENCE VALUES; TENDONS;

EID: 0034840510     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(01)00628-9     Document Type: Article

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