Coexistence of potentiation and low-frequency fatigue during voluntary exercise in human skeletal muscle

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1092-1100

  Fowles, J R ^a   Green, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excitability; Isometric exercise; Myosin light chain; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH;

EID: 0442275986     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y03-114     Document Type: Article

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