Evoked pain in the motor endplate region of the brachial biceps muscle: An experimental study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-400

  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; Hypertonic saline; Motor endplate potential; Muscular trigger points; Pressure pain detection threshold

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 1442279912     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10560     Document Type: Article

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