Post-Activation Potentiation and Fatigue in Quadriceps Femoral Muscle after a 5 s Maximal Voluntary Isometric Contraction

• Main Authors: Nerijus Masiulis (Author), Albertas Skurvydas (Author), Sigitas Kamandulis (Author), Audrius Sniečkus (Author), Marius Brazaitis (Author), Laura Daniusevičiūtė (Author), Irina Ramanauskienė (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Lithuanian Sports University, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Following an acute physical exercise, both post-activation potentiation and fatigue of the neuromuscular apparatus may occur. The voluntary recruitment of motor units occurs with frequencies that elicit incompletely fused tetanic contractions and these frequencies are most susceptible for post-activ...