Isometric knee extensor fatigue following a Wingate test: Peripheral and central mechanisms

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-65

  Fernandez del Olmo, M ^a   Rodriguez, F A ^b   Marquez, G ^a   Iglesias, X ^b   Marina, M ^b   Benitez, A ^b   Vallejo, L ^b   Acero, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Cycling; Maximal voluntary contraction; Motor nerve stimulation; Peripheral fatigue; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Twitch interpolation

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BLOOD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPAIN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPAIN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84872282132     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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