Time to move beyond a brainless exercise physiology: The evidence for complex regulation of human exercise performance

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-35

  Noakes, Timothy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A.V. Hill; Brain; Central governor; Central nervous system; EMG; Fatigue; Heart; Models; Muscle recruitment; Pacing

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954559731     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H10-082     Document Type: Review

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