Tonic muscle pain does not increase fusimotor drive to human leg muscles: Implications for chronic muscle pain

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1125-1132

  Fazalbhoy, Azharuddin ^a,b   Macefield, Vaughan G ^b,c,d   Birznieks, Ingvars ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; STERILE WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GAMMA MOTONEURON; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYALGIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECORDING; REFERRED PAIN; SENSORY NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84878148600     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2012.071670     Document Type: Article

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