Sex differences in motor unit behaviour: A review

T Lulic-Kuryllo, JG Inglis - Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2022 - Elsevier
The lack of systematic investigations on sex-related differences in motor unit behaviour
poses a challenge in understanding and optimizing health and performance in males and …

CORP: Measurement of upper and lower limb muscle strength and voluntary activation

JL Nuzzo, JL Taylor… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Muscle strength, the maximal force-generating capacity of a muscle or group of muscles, is
regularly assessed in physiological experiments and clinical trials. An understanding of the …

Association of short-and long-latency afferent inhibition with human behavior

CV Turco, SL Toepp, SD Foglia, PW Dans… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paired with nerve stimulation evokes short-latency
afferent inhibition (SAI) and long-latency afferent inhibition (LAI), which are non-invasive …

Factors contributing to diurnal variation in athletic performance and methods to reduce within-day performance variation: a systematic review

H Kusumoto, C Ta, SM Brown… - The Journal of Strength …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Kusumoto, H, Ta, C, Brown, SM, and Mulcahey, MK. Factors contributing to diurnal
variation in athletic performance and methods to reduce within-day performance variation: A …

Muscle temperature kinetics and thermoregulatory responses to 42 C hot-water immersion in healthy males and females

P Rodrigues, GS Trajano, L Wharton… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To determine the vastus lateralis muscle temperature kinetics during and after
passive heating, to exam the effect of sex on thermoregulatory responses, and the thermal …

The effects of local forearm heating and cooling on motor unit properties during submaximal contractions

MM Mallette, SS Cheung, RI Kumar… - Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings What is the central question of this study? How do temperature manipulations
affect motor unit (MU) properties during submaximal contractions to the same relative …

Neural drive and motor unit characteristics after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: implications for quadriceps weakness

DA Sherman, J Rush, MS Stock, CD Ingersoll… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Purpose The purpose of this investigation was to compare the quality of neural drive and
recruited quadriceps motor units'(MU) action potential amplitude (MUAP AMP) and …

The effects of local muscle temperature on force variability

MM Mallette, LA Green, GJ Hodges, RE Fernley… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Force variability is affected by environmental temperature, but whether the changes
are from altered muscle temperature or proprioception are unclear. We tested how forearm …

Direct effect of local cryotherapy on muscle stimulation, pain and strength in male office workers with lateral epicondylitis, non-randomized clinical trial study

A Radecka, A Lubkowska - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Local cryotherapy (LC) is one of the physiotherapeutic methods used in the
conservative treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE). The aim of the study was to verify the …

Effects of muscle cooling on kinetics of pulmonary oxygen uptake and muscle deoxygenation at the onset of exercise

H Wakabayashi, M Osawa, S Koga, K Li… - Physiological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated effects of skeletal muscle cooling on the metabolic response and
kinetics of pulmonary oxygen uptake (O2) and skeletal muscle deoxygenation during …