Supraspinal fatigue during intermittent maximal voluntary contractions of the human elbow flexors

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 305-313

  Taylor, Janet L ^a,b   Allen, Gabrielle M ^a   Butler, Jane E ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Exercise; Motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033912818     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.305     Document Type: Article

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