Experimental muscle pain decreases the frequency threshold of electrically elicited muscle cramps

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-308

  Serrao, Mariano ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Ge, Hong You ^b   Pierelli, Francesco ^a   Sandrini, Giorgio ^c   Farina, Dario ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cramp threshold; Experimental muscle pain; Muscle cramps; Nociceptive fibers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 34548559607     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0985-1     Document Type: Article

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