Exercise heat stress does not reduce central activation to non-exercised human skeletal muscle

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 783-790

  Saboisky, Julian ^a   Marino, Frank E ^a   Kay, Derek ^a   Cannon, Jack ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIA; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0345327811     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/eph8802611     Document Type: Article

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