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Record Nr.

UNINA9910643782703321

Titolo

Human muscle fatigue [[electronic resource] ] : physiological mechanisms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman Medical

Summit, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. (Medical Education Administration), 1981

ISBN

0-470-71542-1

0-470-71512-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 82

Altri autori (Persone)

PorterRuth

WhelanJulie

Disciplina

612.7/4

612.74

Soggetti

Fatigue - Etiology

Muscles - Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Human Muscle Fatigue: Physiological Mechanisms, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 9-11 September 1980"--P. [v].

Editors: Ruth Porter (organizer) and Julie Whelan.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Human muscle fatigue: physiological mechanisms; Contents; Human muscle function and fatigue; Glycolytic and oxidative energy metabolism and contraction characteristics of intact human muscle; Discussion; Muscle fibre recruitment and metabolism in exhaustive dynamic exercise; Discussion; Relevance of muscle fibre type to fatigue in short intense and prolonged exercise in man; Discussion; Effect of metabolic changes on force generation in skeletal muscle during maximal exercise; Discussion; The glucose/fatty acid cycle and physical exhaustion; Discussion

Shortage of chemical fuel as a cause of fatigue: studies by nuclear magnetic resonance and bicycle ergometryDiscussion; Indirect and direct stimulation of fatigued human muscle; Discussion; EMG and fatigue of human voluntary and stimulated contractions; Discussion; Firing pro- perties of single human motor units on maintained maximal voluntary effort; Discussion; Muscle fatigue due to changes beyond the



neuromuscular junction; Discussion; Contractile function and fatigue of the respiratory muscles in man\; Discussion; Neural drive and electromechanical altera- tions in the fatiguing diaphragm

DiscussionThe tremor in fatigue; Discussion; The pathophysiology of inspiratory muscle fatigue; Discussion; Fatigue in human metabolic myopathy; Discussion; General discussion; The perception of fatigue; Electricity or chemistry?; Chairman's summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index