Neuromuscular fatigability during repeated-sprint exercise in male athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 528-536

  Goodall, Stuart ^a   Charlton, Kayleigh ^a   Howatson, Glyn ^a,b   Thomas, Kevin ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; electrical stimulation; knee extensors; maximal exercise; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; BLOOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RUNNING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923530816     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000443     Document Type: Article

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