Corticospinal Responses to Sustained Locomotor Exercises: Moving beyond Single-Joint Studies of Central Fatigue

Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 437-449

  Sidhu, Simranjit K ^a,b   Cresswell, Andrew G ^a   Carroll, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION;

EID: 84878587361     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0020-6     Document Type: Review

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