Central and peripheral fatigue in male cyclists after 4-, 20-, and 40-km time trials

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 537-546

  Thomas, Kevin ^a   Goodall, Stuart ^a   Stone, Mark ^b   Howatson, Glyn ^a,c   Gibson, Alan St Clair ^d   Ansley, Les ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fatigue; locomotor exercise; neuromuscular; self paced; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923571225     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000448     Document Type: Article

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