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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 72-B, Issue 3 | Pages 510 - 511
1 May 1990
Twiston-Davies C Goodwin M Baxter P

We report a double-blind study of the effectiveness of indomethacin suppositories in the relief of postoperative pain and the reduction in demand for opiate analgesia following orthopaedic procedures.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 65-B, Issue 3 | Pages 355 - 358
1 May 1983
McDonagh M Hayward C Davies C

The elbow flexor muscles of four men were trained using maximal voluntary isometric contractions. Thirty contractions a day were performed for five weeks. The four men and four control subjects were tested once a week: measurements of the supramaximally stimulated isometric twitch force, the time taken for the twitch force to peak and the tetanic force were carried out; simultaneously, measurements of the force of maximal voluntary isometric contraction and resistance to fatigue were made. The testing sessions produced no training effect on control subjects. Training produced a 20 per cent increase in the force of maximal voluntary isometric contraction after five weeks, but the forces of electrically evoked twitch and tetanus showed no increase. It was concluded that the increase in the force of maximal voluntary isometric contraction must be related to factors other than the force-generating capacity of the muscle fibres themselves.