Cognitive challenges, aging, and neuromuscular fatigue

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 170, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-26

  Shortz, Ashley E ^a   Mehta, Ranjana K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive fatigue; EMG; Endurance; Exercise; Force steadiness; Mental arithmetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COGNITION; ENDURANCE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; GROUPS BY AGE; HANDGRIP FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MENTAL FATIGUE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006516216     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.11.034     Document Type: Article

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