The pain-induced decrease in low-threshold motor unit discharge rate is not associated with the amount of increase in spike-triggered average torque

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Farina, Dario ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Roatta, Silvestro ^b   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

EMG; Motor unit; Muscle pain

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TORQUE;

EID: 37649021930     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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