Can neuromuscular fatigue explain running strategies and performance in ultra-marathons?: The flush model

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 489-506

  Millet, Guillaume Y ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b University Grenoble Alpes   (France)

^c EA 4338   (France)

Author keywords

Endurance training; Exercise; Fatigue; Muscle fatigue; Running; Sports

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EXERCISE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 79957614907     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11588760-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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