title: [Evaluation of central and peripheral factors in muscular fatigue in patients with pyramidal lesions].
abstract: Muscular fatigue mechanisms were partially analyzed in patients with pyramidal lesions by using a computer device on line with a conventional electromyograph. Both the normal and the affected side were compared with control groups. The recordings were done throughout a ten minutes period and the maximal M wave was also measured at the starting and at the end of the procedure. The findings suggested that central events play a major role in the development of muscular fatigue in spastic muscles due to pyramidal damage.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Evaluación del factor central y periférico en fatiga muscular en pacientes con daño piramidal.