Effects of evoked pain on the electromyogram and compound muscle action potential of the brachial biceps muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-33

  Qerama, Erisela ^a   Fuglsang Frederiksen, Anders ^a   Kasch, Helge ^a   Bach, Flemming W ^a   Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brachial biceps muscle; Capsaicin; Compound muscle action potential; Hypertonic saline; Interference pattern analysis; Muscle pain

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CAPSAICIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 11144227041     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20182     Document Type: Article

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