Muscle mass and peripheral fatigue: A potential role for afferent feedback?

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 242-250

  Rossman, M J ^a,b   Venturelli, M ^c,d   Mcdaniel, J ^a,c   Amann, M ^a,b,c   Richardson, R S ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic exercise; Knee extension; Locomotor muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYCLING; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868199573     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02471.x     Document Type: Article

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