Fatigue-related firing of distal muscle nociceptors reduces voluntary activation of proximal muscles of the same limb

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-394

  Kennedy, David S ^a,b   McNeil, Chris J ^a,c   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b   Taylor, Janet L ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group III and IV muscle afferents; Muscle fatigue; Superimposed twitch; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GROUP III AND IV MUSCLE AFFERENTS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPERIMPOSED TWITCH; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; VASCULARIZATION; VOLUNTARY ACTIVATION;

GROUP III AND IV MUSCLE AFFERENTS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; SUPERIMPOSED TWITCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY ACTIVATION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84894229062     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01166.2013     Document Type: Article

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