Repeated exercise stress impairs volitional but not magnetically evoked electromechanical delay of the knee flexors

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-225

  Minshull, Claire ^a   Eston, Roger ^b   Bailey, Andrea ^c   Rees, Dai ^c   Gleeson, Nigel ^d  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromechanical delay; Fatigue; Females; Knee flexors; Magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REST; SOCCER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859629092     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.627370     Document Type: Article

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