Fatigue : neural and muscular mechanisms /

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Imprint:New York : Pleanum Press, c1995.
Description:xiv, 541 p.
Language:English
Series:Advances inexperimental medicine and biology ; v. 384
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2393276
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Other authors / contributors:Gandevia, Simon C.
ISBN:0306451395
Notes:"Proceedings based in part on the symposium on neural and neuromusclar aspects of muscular fatigue, held November 10-13, 1994, in Miami, Florida"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Looking Back / Brenda R. Bigland-Ritchie
  • The Scientific Contributions of Brenda Bigland-Ritchie / C. K. Thomas, R. M. Enoka, S. C. Gandevia, A. J. McComas and D. G. Stuart
  • 1. Myofibrillar Fatigue versus Failure of Activation / K. A. P. Edman
  • 2. Mechanisms of Excitation-Contraction Coupling Relevant to Skeletal Muscle Fatigue / D. G. Stephenson, G. D. Lamb, G. M. M. Stephenson and M. W. Fryer
  • 3. The Role of Intracellular Acidosis in Muscle Fatigue / D. G. Allen, H. Westerblad and J. Lannergren
  • 4. Role of Interstitial Potassium / G. Sjogaard and A. J. McComas
  • 5. Fatigue at the Neuromuscular Junction: Branch Point vs. Presynaptic Postsynaptic Mechanisms / G. C. Sieck and Y. S. Prakash
  • 6. The Role of the Sarcolemma Action Potential in Fatigue / A. J. Fuglevand
  • 7. Single Fiber Electromyography in Studies of Neuromuscular Function / J. V. Trontelj and E. Stalberg
  • 8. Intrinsic Properties of Motoneurons: Implications for Muscle Fatigue / A. Sawczuk, R. K. Powers and M. D. Binder
  • 9. Neuromuscular Frequency Coding and Fatigue / D. Kernell
  • 10. Human Motor Units Studied by Spike-Triggered Averaging and Intraneural Motor Azon Stimulation / C. K. Thomas
  • 11. Human Motor Units Studied by Intramuscular Microstimulation / J. M. Elek and R. Dengler
  • 12. Bioenergetics and Muscle Cell Types / M. J. Kushmerick
  • 13. Metabolic Correlates of Fatigue from Different Types of Exercise in Man / N. K. Vollestad
  • 14. Mechanisms of Human Muscle Fatigue: Quantitating the Contribution of Metabolic Factors and Activation Impairment / R. G. Miller, J. A. Kent-Braun, K. R. Sharma and M. W. Weiner
  • 15. Emerging Opportunities with NMR / L. A. Bertocci
  • 16. Variable-Frequency Stimulation Patterns for the Optimization of Force during Muscle Fatigue: Muscle Wisdom and the Catch-like Property / S. A. Binder-Macleod
  • 17. Overview: Potential Role of Segmental Motor Circuitry in Muscle Fatigue / U. Windhorst and G. Boorman
  • 18. The Fusimotor System: Its Role in Fatigue / K.-E. Hagbarth and V. G. Macefield
  • 19. Role of Muscle Afferents in the Inhibition of Motoneurons during Fatigue / S. J. Garland and M. P. Kaufman
  • 20. Central Fatigue: Critical Issues, Quantification and Practical Implications / S. C. Gandevia, G. M. Allen and D. K. McKenzie
  • 21. Single-Trial Readiness Potentials and Fatigue / D. Popivanov, A. Mineva and J. Dushanova
  • 22. The Senses of Effort and Force during Fatiguing Contractions / L. A. Jones
  • 23. Tryptophan, 5-Hydroxytryptamine and a Possible Explanation for Central Fatigue / E. A. Newsholme and E. Blomstrand
  • 24. The Significance of Motor Unit Variability in Sustaining Mechanical Output of Muscle / A. J. Sargeant and D. A. Jones
  • 25. Intramuscular Pressures for Monitoring Different Tasks and Muscle Conditions / O. M. Sejersted and A. R. Hargens
  • 26. Task-Dependent Nature of Fatigue in Single Motor Units / B. R. Botterman
  • 27. Task-Dependent Factors in Fatigue of Human Voluntary Contractions / B. Bigland-Ritchie, C. L. Rice, S. J. Garland and M. L. Walsh
  • 28. Fatigue and the Design of the Respiratory System / S. L. Lindstedt and H. Hoppeler
  • 29. An Integrative View of Limitations to Muscular Performance / J. A. Dempsey and M. A. Babcock
  • 30. Respiratory Muscle Fatigue / D. K. McKenzie and F. Bellemare
  • 31. Fatigue of Jaw Muscles and Speech Mechanisms / T. S. Miles and M. A. Nordstrom
  • 32. Fatigue in Adapted Systems: Overuse and Underuse Paradigms / T. Gordon
  • 33. Associations between Muscle Soreness, Damage, and Fatigue / P. M. Clarkson and D. J. Newham
  • 34. Muscle Fatigue in Old Animals: Unique Aspects of Fatigue in Elderly Humans / J. A. Faulkner and S. V. Brooks
  • 35. Historical Perspective: A Framework for Interpreting Pathobiological Ideas on Human Muscle Fatigue / R. H. T. Edwards, V. Toescu and H. Gibson
  • 36. Fatigue Brought on by Malfunction of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems / A. J. McComas, R. G. Miller and S. C. Gandevia
  • 37. Neurobiology of Muscle Fatigue: Advances and Issues / S. C. Gandevia, R. M. Enoka, A. J. McComas, D. G. Stuart and C. K. Thomas.