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- Title
Muscle fiber recovery functions studied with double pulse stimulation.
- Authors
Mihelin, Marjan; Trontelj, Jože V.; Stålberg, Erik
- Abstract
Direct electrical stimulation with paired pulses at varied intervals was used to study the propagation velocity and action potential amplitude recovery functions (VRF and ARF) of single muscle fibers. Following a subnormal period with slowed conduction, most of the muscle fibers tested in healthy subjects showed a period of supernormal propagation velocity starting at 3 to 12 ms, with a peak between about 5 and 15 ms, a mean increase of 7%, and an approximately logarithmic decay toward 1 second. The onset of supernormality was earlier in muscle fibers from patients with muscular dystrophy and significantly delayed in those from denervated muscles. Denervated muscle fibers also had a significantly longer refractory period.
- Publication
Muscle & Nerve, 1991, Vol 14, Issue 8, p739
- ISSN
0148-639X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mus.880140808