Is the notion of central fatigue based on a solid foundation?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 967-977

  Contessa, Paola ^a,d   Puleo, Alessio ^a,c   De Luca, Carlo J ^a,b  

^a MA 02215   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Interpolated twitch; Motor units; Voluntary drive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84958554736     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00889.2015     Document Type: Article

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