Voluntary muscle activation is impaired by core temperature rather than local muscle temperature

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1361-1369

  Thomas, Melissa M ^a   Cheung, Stephen S ^a   Elder, Geoff C ^a   Sleivert, Gordon G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Canadian Sport Center Pacific   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Hyperthermia; Maximal voluntary contraction; Neuromuscular activation; Triceps surae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 33646366146     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00945.2005     Document Type: Article

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