[Anesthesia and muscle relaxation in diagnostic and therapeutic measures].
1953
J FISCHER, and
J HERNANDEZ-RICHTER
UI
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D009125
Muscle Relaxants, Central
A heterogeneous group of drugs used to produce muscle relaxation, excepting the neuromuscular blocking agents. They have their primary clinical and therapeutic uses in the treatment of muscle spasm and immobility associated with strains, sprains, and injuries of the back and, to a lesser degree, injuries to the neck. They have been used also for the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions that have in common only the presence of skeletal muscle hyperactivity, for example, the muscle spasms that can occur in MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p358)
Centrally Acting Muscle Relaxants,Central Muscle Relaxants,Relaxants, Central Muscle
D009126
Muscle Relaxation
That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000758
Anesthesia
A state characterized by loss of feeling or sensation. This depression of nerve function is usually the result of pharmacologic action and is induced to allow performance of surgery or other painful procedures.
D000776
Anesthesiology
A specialty concerned with the study of anesthetics and anesthesia.