Corticomotor excitability contributes to neuromuscular fatigue following marathon running in man

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 417-426

  Ross, Emma Z ^a   Middleton, Natalie ^a   Shave, Rob ^a   George, Keith ^b   Nowicky, Alex ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MARATHON RUNNER; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 33847754354     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2006.035972     Document Type: Article

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