Whole-body hypothermia has central and peripheral influences on elbow flexor performance

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 528-538

  Cahill, Farrell ^a   Kalmar, Jayne M ^b   Pretorius, Thea ^a   Gardiner, Phillip F ^a,b   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TWITCH; TORQUE;

EID: 79954564383     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.054973     Document Type: Article

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