Background While muscle contractility increases with muscle temperature, there is no
consensus on the best warm-up protocol to use before resistance training or sports exercise …

Purpose Examine the effects of 42° C hot‐water immersion on muscle contraction function
and motor unit discharge rates. Voluntary and evoked contraction assessments were …

Abstract Background Nitrate (NO3−) supplementation has been reported to lower motor unit
(MU) firing rate (MUFR) during dynamic resistance exercise; however, its impact on MU …

Hot environments can impair the complex cognitive functions that are crucial to baseball
hitting and defense. This study investigated the effects of intermittent forehead and neck …

Fatigue is a temporary condition that arises as a result of intense and/or prolonged use of
muscles and can affect skilled human performance. Therefore, the quantitative analysis of …

Abstract Purpose Dietary nitrate (NO3−) supplementation enhances muscle blood flow and
metabolic efficiency in hypoxia, however, its efficacy on neuromuscular function and …

The effects of hypothermia and hyperthermia on mammalian skeletal muscle function have
previously been reported. However, their effects on the contractile properties of different …

Electromyography (EMG) is a multidisciplinary field that brings together allied health
(kinesiology and physical therapy) and the engineering sciences (biomedical and electrical) …

We tested the effects of cold air (0° C) exposure on endurance capacity to different levels of
cold strain ranging from skin cooling to core cooling of Δ− 1.0° C. Ten males completed a …

This study aimed to clarify the influence of temperature on post‐activation twitch potentiation,
a possible indicator of fast‐twitch fiber activation during a preceding voluntary contraction …