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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 89, Issue 1, Pages 305-313Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.305
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transcranial magnetic stimulation; central fatigue; motor cortex; exercise
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Response to transcranial magnetic stimulation in human subjects (n = 9) were studied during series of intermittent isometric maximal voluntary contractions (MVCs) of the elbow. Stimuli were given during MVCs in four fatigue protocols with different duty cycles. As maximal voluntary torque fell during each protocol, the torque increment evoked by cortical stimulation increased from similar to 1.5 to 7% of ongoing torque. Thus supraspinal fatigue developed in each protocol. The motor evoked potential (MEP) and silent period in the elbow flexor muscles also changed. The silent period lengthened by 20-75 ms (lowest to highest duty cycle protocol) and recovered significantly with a 5-s rest. The MEP increased in area by >50%, in all protocols and recovered significantly with 10 s, but not 5 s, of rest. These changes are similar to those during sustained MVC. The central fatigue demonstrated by the torque increments evoked by the stimuli did not parallel the changes in the electromyogram responses. This suggests that part of the fatigue developed during intermittent exercise is upstream of the motor cortex.
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