Evidence for a supraspinal contribution to human muscle fatigue

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 400-405

  Taylor, Janet L ^a,b   Todd, Gabrielle ^a,c   Gandevia, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Exercise; Human; Motor nerve stimulation; Muscle fatigue; Supraspinal fatigue; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELBOW FLEXION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

BRAIN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

EID: 33645017056     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2006.04363.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (35)

1. Bigland-Ritchie B Woods JJ Changes in muscle contractile properties and neural control during human muscular fatigue Muscle Nerve 1984 7 691 9
2. Gandevia SC Spinal and supraspinal factors in human muscle fatigue PhysiolRev 2001 81 1725 89
3. Bigland-Ritchie B Jones DA Hosking GP Edwards RHT Central and peripheral fatigue in sustained maximum voluntary contractions of human quadriceps muscle ClinSciMolMed 1978 54 609 14
4. Thomas CK Woods JJ Bigland-Ritchie B Impulse propagation and muscle activation in long maximal voluntary contractions JApplPhysiol 1989 67 1835 42
5. Gandevia SC Allen GM Butler JE Taylor JL Supraspinal factors in human muscle fatigue: Evidence for suboptimal output from the motor cortex JPhysiol 1996 490 529 36
6. Taylor JL Allen GM Butler JE Gandevia SC Supraspinal fatigue during intermittent maximal voluntary contractions of the human elbow flexors JApplPhysiol 2000 89 305 13
7. Merton PA Voluntary strength and fatigue JPhysiol 1954 123 553 64
8. Belanger AY McComas AJ Extent of motor unit activation during effort JApplPhysiol 1981 51 1131 5
9. Lloyd AR Gandevia SC Hales JP Muscle performance, voluntary activation, twitch properties and perceived effort in normal subjects and patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome Brain 1991 114 85 98
10. Gandevia SC Allen GM McKenzie DK Central fatigue. Critical issues, quantification and practical implications AdvExpMedBiol 1995 384 281 94
11. Barker AT Jalinous R Freeston IL Non-invasive stimulation of human motor cortex Lancet 1985 1 1106 7
12. Rothwell JC Thompson PD Day BL Boyd S Marsden CD Stimulation of the human motor cortex through the scalp ExpPhysiol 1991 76 159 200
13. Todd G Taylor JL Gandevia SC Measurement of voluntary activation of fresh and fatigued human muscles using transcranial magnetic stimulation JPhysiol 2003 551 661 71
14. Todd G Taylor JL Gandevia SC Reproducible measurement of voluntary activation of human elbow flexors with motor cortical stimulation JApplPhysiol 2004 97 236 42
15. Herbert RD Gandevia SC Muscle activation in unilateral and bilateral efforts assessed by motor nerve and cortical stimulation JApplPhysiol 1996 80 1351 6
16. Thomas CK Zaidner EY Calancie B Broton JG Bigland-Ritchie BR Muscle weakness, paralysis, and atrophy after human cervical spinal cord injury ExpNeurol 1997 148 414 23
17. Allen GM McKenzie DK Gandevia SC Twitch interpolation of the elbow flexor muscles at high forces Muscle Nerve 1998 21 318 28
18. Awiszus F Wahl B Meinecke I Influence of stimulus cross talk on results of the twitch-interpolation technique at the biceps brachii muscle Muscle Nerve 1997 20 1187 90
19. Taylor JL Søgaard K Petersen NT Todd G Gandevia SC Central fatigue during prolonged weak voluntary contractions Proceedings of the Australian Society for Medical Research 42nd National Scientific Conference 2003 p 58
20. Löscher WN Nordlund MM Central fatigue and motor cortical excitability during repeated shortening and lengthening actions Muscle Nerve 2002 25 864 72
21. Todd G Petersen NT Taylor JL Gandevia SC The effect of a contralateral contraction on maximal voluntary activation and central fatigue in elbow flexor muscles ExpBrain Res 2003 150 308 13
22. Hoekstra FSC Butler JE Todd G Taylor JL Gandevia SC Supraspinal changes with progressive muscle fatigue during concentric exercise ProcAustNeuroscience Soc 2005 16 99 (Abstract)
23. Todd G Butler JE Taylor JL Gandevia SC Hyperthermia: A failure of the motor cortex and the muscle JPhysiol 2005 563 621 31
24. Amassian VE Quirk BJ Stewart M A comparison of corticospinal activation by magnetic coil and electrical stimulation of monkey motor cortex ElectroencephalogrClinNeurophysiol 1990 77 390 401
25. Edgley SA Eyre JA Lemon RN Miller S Excitation of the corticospinal tract by electromagnetic and electrical stimulation of the scalp in the macaque monkey JPhysiol 1990 425 301 20
26. Edgley SA Eyre JA Lemon RN Miller S Comparison of activation of corticospinal neurones and spinal motoneurones by magnetic and electrical stimulation in the monkey Brain 1997 129 839 53
27. Lemon RN Basic physiology of transcranial magnetic stimulation In Pascual-Leone A Davey NJ Rothwell J Wassermann EM Puri BK (eds) Handbook of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Arnold London 2002 61 77
28. Mills KR Thomson CCB Human muscle fatigue investigated by transcranial magnetic stimulation Neuroreport 1995 6 1966 8
29. McKay WB Stokic DS Sherwood AM Vrbova G Dimitrijevic MR Effect of fatiguing maximal voluntary contraction on excitatory and inhibitory responses elicited by transcranial magnetic motor cortex stimulation Muscle Nerve 1996 19 1017 24
30. Taylor JL Butler JE Allen GM Gandevia SC Changes in motor cortical excitability during human muscle fatigue JPhysiol 1996 490 519 28
31. Bigland-Ritchie B Johansson R Lippold OJC Smith S Woods JJ Changes in motoneurone firing rates during sustained maximal voluntary contractions JPhysiol 1983 340 335 46
32. Marsden CD Meadows JC Merton PA 'Muscular wisdom' that minimizes fatigue during prolonged effort in man: Peak rates of motoneuron discharge and slowing of discharge during fatigue In Desmedt J (ed.) Advances in Neurology: Motor Control Mechanisms - Health and Disease Raven Press
33. Woods JJ Furbush F Bigland-Ritchie B Evidence for a fatigue-induced reflex inhibition of motoneuron firing rates JNeurophysiol 1987 58 125 37
34. Butler JE Taylor JL Gandevia SC Responses of human motoneurons to corticospinal stimulation during maximal voluntary contractions and ischemia JNeurosci 2003 23 10224 30
35. Zijdewind I Kernell D Bilateral interactions during contractions of intrinsic hand muscles JNeurophysiol 2001 85 1907 13