Hi John:
> Tetanus is a disease caused by a bacillus. Muscles spasm is tetany.
Not according to my (American) dictionary.
Tetanus has two definitions.
The first is the disease or the bacterium that causes
the disease.
The second is a "prolonged contraction of a muscle
resulting from rapidly applied repeated motor impulses."
This is what happens when a 50-60 Hertz current is
applied to the muscle.
Reilly uses the word tetanus thusly:
"...maximum muscle tension is achieved at an AP
(Action Potential) rate of about 80/s, leading to a
condition of maximum fusion termed tetanus."
Tetany is defined as a "condition of physiologic calcium
imbalance marked by tonic spasm of muscles and often
associated with deficient parathyroid secretion."
Best regards,
Rich
ref: J. Patrick Reilly, Applied Biolectricity from
Electrical Stimlation to Electropathology.
ISBN 0-387-98407-0 Springer-Verlag, New York
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