Neuromuscular response of young boys versus men during sustained maximal contraction

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1042-1048

  Halin, Renaud ^a,c   Germain, Philippe ^a   Bercier, Stephane ^a   Kapitaniak, Bronislaw ^b   Buttelli, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Laboratory of Motor Performance   (France)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Exercise; Fatigue; MFCV; MPF

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MYOELECTRICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ELBOW; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0038792348     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000069407.02648.47     Document Type: Article

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