Quantitative analysis of the "warm-up" phenomenon in myotonic dystrophy type 1

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Logician, E L ^a   Blood, C L ^a   Dilek, N ^a   Martens, W B ^a   Moxley IV, R T ^a   Wiegner, A W ^b   Thornton, C A ^a   Moxley III, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand grip; Myotonia; Myotonic dystrophy; Transient paresis; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HAND GRIP MYOMETER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTONIA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; WARM UP PHENOMENON;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 21444437692     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20339     Document Type: Article

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