Muscle fatigue: From observations in humans to underlying mechanisms studied in intact single muscle fibres

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Place, Nicolas ^b   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Bruton, Joseph D ^a   Westerblad, Håkan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ca2+ handling; Electromyography; Evoked force; Human; Muscle fatigue; Myofibrillar function; Single muscle fibre

Indexed keywords

CONVALESCENCE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956584994     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1480-0     Document Type: Review

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