Accelerated muscle fatigability of latent myofascial trigger points in humans

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 957-964

  Ge, Hong You ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Madeleine, Pascal ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fatigue; Motor Control; Myofascial Trigger Point; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGABILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 84863880514     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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