Muscle Fatigue and the Mechanisms of Task Failure

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 44-49

  Hunter, Sandra K ^a   Duchateau, Jacques ^b   Enoka, Roger M ^c  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Electromyogram; Force task; Motor units; Position task; Reflexes

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX;

EID: 1842579653     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200404000-00002     Document Type: Review

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