Reduced neural drive in bilateral exertions: A performance-limiting factor?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a,c   Ogita, Futoshi ^b   De Haan, Arnold ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilateral deficit; Maximum voluntary contraction; Muscle force; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037232735     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200301000-00018     Document Type: Article

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