Central fatigue assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation in ultratrail running

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1166-1175

  Temesi, John ^a   Rupp, Thomas ^b,c   Martin, Vincent ^d   Arnal, Pierrick J ^a   Féasson, Léonard ^a,e   Verges, Samuel ^b,c   Millet, Guillaume Y ^a,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CORTICAL VOLUNTARY ACTIVATION; CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; INTRACORTICAL INHIBITION; NEUROMUSCULAR FATIGUE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDURANCE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84901303875     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000207     Document Type: Article

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