The effect of sustained low-intensity contractions on supraspinal fatigue in human elbow flexor muscles

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 573, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 511-523

  Søgaard, Karen ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^b   Todd, Gabrielle ^b,d   Petersen, Nicolas T ^b,c   Taylor, Janet L ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; EXERCISE RECOVERY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUSTAINED LOW INTENSITY MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745038764     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.103598     Document Type: Article

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