A metabolic basis for impaired muscle force production and neuromuscular compensation during sprint cycling

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bundle, Matthew W ^a,b   Ernst, Carrie L ^a   Bellizzi, Matthew J ^a   Wright, Seth ^a   Weyand, Peter G ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic and anaerobic contributions; Motor control; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 33751192289     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00108.2006     Document Type: Article

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