Adaptive increase in force variance during fatigue in tasks with low redundancy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 485, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 204-207

  Singh, Tarkeshwar ^a   S K M , Varadhan ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Fatigue; Hand; Synergy; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77957872234     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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