Contralateral muscle fatigue in human quadriceps muscle: Evidence for a centrally mediated fatigue response and cross-over effect

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 452, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-207

  Rattey, Jodie ^a   Martin, Peter G ^a   Kay, Derek ^a   Cannon, Jack ^a   Marino, Frank E ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Central activation; CNS; Contralateral; Fatigue; IEMG; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 33745865199     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-005-0027-4     Document Type: Article

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