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Neurophysiological assessment of skeletal muscle fatigue in patients with congestive heart failure.

John R. Minotti, P Pillay, L. Chang, L Wells, Barry M. Massie

Circulation · 1992 · 93 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

These findings indicate that enhanced muscle fatigue in patients with CHF is not caused by impaired central motor drive or an abnormality of neuromuscular junction transmission but rather by an abnormality in the muscle itself.

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