Motoneurone recruitment is altered with pain induced in non-muscular tissue

Pain

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Tucker, Kylie J ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a Injury and Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discharge rate; Force; Motor unit recruitment; Pain

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYALGIA; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149145437     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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