Mechanisms of fatigue induced by isometric contractions in exercising humans and in mouse isolated single muscle fibres

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 334-339

  Place, Nicolas ^a   Bruton, Joseph D ^a   Westerblad, Håkan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ca 2+ i; M wave; Muscle force; Muscular twitch; Task failure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ADAPTATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOFILAMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 61349086704     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.05021.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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