Quadriceps Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition: Neural Mechanisms and Treatment Perspectives

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-266

  Rice, David Andrew ^a   McNair, Peter John ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arthrogenic; Knee trauma; Muscle inhibition; Quadriceps; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; PLACEBO;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FLEXOR REFLEX; GAMMA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT PRESSURE; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRICEP ARTHROGENIC MUSCLE INHIBITION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPINAL REFLEX; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 78649443086     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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