Locomotor muscle fatigue increases cardiorespiratory responses and reduces performance during intense cycling exercise independently from metabolic stress

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Marcora, Samuele M ^a,c   Bosio, Andrea ^a   De Morree, Helma M ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory regulation; Central motor command; Endurance; Motivation; Perception of effort

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLIC STRESS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 40449133911     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00678.2007     Document Type: Article

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