The effect of cognitive fatigue on prefrontal cortex correlates of neuromuscular fatigue in older women

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shortz, Ashley E ^a   Pickens, Adam ^a   Zheng, Qi ^a   Mehta, Ranjana K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral oxygenation; Cognitive demand; n back; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neuroergonomics; Physical fatigue; Stroop Color Word

Indexed keywords

1 BACK TEST; ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COGNITIVE FATIGUE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP COLOR WORD; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND STRENGTH; HEMODYNAMICS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STROOP TEST; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MENTAL FATIGUE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84954078809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0108-3     Document Type: Article

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