Original Research: Central and peripheral quadriceps fatigue in young and middle-aged untrained and endurance-trained men: A comparative study

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 241, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 1844-1852

  Bachasson, Damien ^a,b,c   Decorte, Nicolas ^a,b   Wuyam, Bernard ^a,b   Millet, Guillaume Y ^b,d,e   Verges, Samuel ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Institute of Myology   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; endurance; endurance training; fatigue; femoral nerve; magnetic stimulation; maximal strength; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; AGE; ENDURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988028251     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1535370216654225     Document Type: Article

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