Is fatigue all in your head? A critical review of the central governor model

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 573-586

  Weir, J P ^a   Beck, T W ^b   Cramer, J T ^c   Housh, T J ^b  

^a DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM ION; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HOMEOSTASIS; LITERATURE; MITOCHONDRION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FORCE; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIGOR; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SEMANTICS; SENSATION; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745865191     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.023028     Document Type: Review

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