Effects of isolated locomotor muscle fatigue on pacing and time trial performance

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2371-2380

  De Morree, Helma M ^a,b   Marcora, Samuele M ^a,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycling exercise; Eccentric fatigue; Electromyography; Exercise tolerance; Pacing strategy; Perception of effort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884820846     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2673-0     Document Type: Article

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