Exercise performance is regulated during repeated sprints to limit the development of peripheral fatigue beyond a critical threshold

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 951-963

  Hureau, Thomas J ^a,b   Olivier, Nicolas ^b,c   Millet, Guillaume Y ^d,e   Meste, Olivier ^a   Blain, Gregory M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERIPHERAL FATIGUE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 84903617865     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2014.077974     Document Type: Article

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