Central motor control failure in fibromyalgia: A surface electromyography study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Casale, Roberto ^a   Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ^b   Atzeni, Fabiola ^b   Gazzoni, Marco ^c   Buskila, Dan ^d   Rainoldi, Alberto ^e  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROFATIGUE SCALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; VOLITION;

EID: 68149108449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-78     Document Type: Article

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