Gender-specific differences in electromyographic changes and perceived pain induced by experimental muscle pain during sustained contractions of the upper trapezius muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 726-733

  Ge, Hong You ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Farina, Dario ^a   Madeleine, Pascal ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Gender differences; Hypertonic saline; Motor control strategies; Myalgia; Pain; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEAN POWER FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHOULDER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28544438922     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20410     Document Type: Article

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