Neuromuscular Function after Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: Theoretical and Applied Implications

Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-69

  Byrne, Christopher ^a   Twist, Craig ^b,c   Eston, Roger ^c  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^b GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT FUNCTION; JUMPING; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RUNNING; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0442307484     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200434010-00005     Document Type: Review

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