Abnormal muscle membrane function in fibromyalgia patients and its relationship to the number of tender points

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.74, 2012, Pages

  Klaver Król, Ewa G ^a   Zwarts, Machiel J ^b   ten Klooster, Peter M ^c   Rasker, Johannes J ^d  

^a Hospital Group Twente   (Netherlands)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii muscle; Fibromyalgia; Muscle fibre conduction velocity; Surface electromyography; Tender points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MUSCLE MEMBRANE DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION FORCE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TENDER POINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC PAIN; INNERVATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SARCOLEMMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SARCOLEMMA; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84874951116     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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