Quantitative analysis of muscle hardness in tetanic contractions induced by electrical stimulation in rats

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 681-686

  Morisada, Makoto ^a   Okada, Kaoru ^a   Kawakita, Kenji ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; M wave; Muscle hardness; Muscle tension; Pancuronium

Indexed keywords

PANCURONIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HARDNESS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PANCURONIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 33746636435     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0225-6     Document Type: Article

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