Alterations of Neuromuscular Function after Prolonged Running, Cycling and Skiing Exercises

Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-116

  Millet, Guillaume Y ^a,c   Lepers, Romuald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FATIGUE; FORCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; REDUCTION; REVIEW; RUNNING; SKIING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RUNNING; SKIING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1442332886     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200434020-00004     Document Type: Review

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