Central fatigue contributes to the greater reductions in explosive than maximal strength with high-intensity fatigue

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 964-973

  Buckthorpe, Matthew ^a,b   Pain, Matthew T G ^a   Folland, Jonathan P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Isokinetic Medical Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; FATIGUE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903646637     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.075614     Document Type: Article

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