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Mechanisms of Human Muscle Fatigue

Quantitating the Contribution of Metabolic Factors and Activation Impairment

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Fatigue

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 384))

Abstract

Both metabolic factors and impairment of activation appear to play a role in human muscle fatigue. By measuring force, EMG and metabolites during fatiguing exercise and recovery, we are attempting to estimate the contribution of the different factors which produce fatigue.

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  1. Departments of Neurology, California Pacific Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, California, 94118, USA

    R. G. Miller

  2. Magnetic Resonance Unit, VA Medical Center, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94121, USA

    J. A. Kent-Braun

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA

    K. R. Sharma

  4. Magnetic Resonance Unit, VA Medical Center, Departments of Medicine, Radiology and Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94121, USA

    M. W. Weiner

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  1. Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Simon C. Gandevia

  2. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Roger M. Enoka

  3. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Alan J. McComas

  4. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Douglas G. Stuart  & Patricia A. Pierce  & 

  5. University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

    Christine K. Thomas

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Miller, R.G., Kent-Braun, J.A., Sharma, K.R., Weiner, M.W. (1995). Mechanisms of Human Muscle Fatigue. In: Gandevia, S.C., Enoka, R.M., McComas, A.J., Stuart, D.G., Thomas, C.K., Pierce, P.A. (eds) Fatigue. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 384. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1016-5_16

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