Mechanisms of post-contraction activation in skeletal muscle

• Main Authors: Azusa Uematsu (Author), Hirofumi Sekiguchi (Author), Hirofumi Kobayashi (Author), Kazushi Tsuchiya (Author), Tibor Hortobágyi (Author), Shuji Suzuki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This review provides evidence for the task-, intensity-, and duration-specific modulation of twitch, spinal, corticospinal and cortical responses recorded up to ~18 min after the end of a muscle contraction produced by artificial and voluntary muscle activation in animal and human experimental model...