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Series Preface | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Credits | |
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Muscle Fibers, Motor Units, and Motoneurons | |
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Muscle Heterogeneity | |
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Orderly Motor Unit Recruitment | |
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Smaller Motoneurons Are More Excitable | |
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Membrane Resistivity and Motoneuron Size | |
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Other Factors Determining Action Potential Generation | |
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Minimal Firing Rates and Afterhyperpolarization Durations | |
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Motoneuron Current-Frequency Relationship and Excitability | |
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Late Adaptation | |
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Motoneuron PICs | |
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Summary | |
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Motor Unit Recruitment During Different Types of Movements | |
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Measuring Human Motor Unit Recruitment | |
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Influence of Task | |
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Slow-Ramp Isometric Contractions | |
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Maintained Isometric Contractions | |
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Isometric Contractions in Various Directions | |
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Isometric Contractions Versus Movements | |
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Lengthening Contractions | |
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Cocontraction of Agonists and Antagonists | |
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Unilateral Versus Bilateral Contractions | |
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Rhythmic Complex Contractions | |
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Maximal Voluntary Contractions | |
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Summary | |
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Muscle Blood Flow and Metabolism | |
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Muscle Blood Flow | |
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Muscle Metabolism | |
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Summary | |
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Peripheral Factors in Neuromuscular Fatigue | |
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Intramuscular Factors and Muscle Force | |
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Involvement of Structures Other Than Muscle | |
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Research From Animal Experiments | |
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Summary | |
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Central Factors in Neuromuscular Fatigue | |
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Motoneuron Activity During Sustained Contractions | |
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Isometric Versus Anisometric Tasks | |
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Rotation of Motor Units? | |
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Summary | |
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Muscular Mechanisms in Aerobic Endurance Training | |
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Chronic Muscle Stimulation | |
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Coordination of Muscle Protein Systems | |
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Pretranslational Control | |
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Translational Control | |
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Posttransiational Modifications | |
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Simultaneous Expression of Isoforms | |
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Adaptations Can Occur Ex Vivo | |
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Adaptations Appear in a Specific Sequence | |
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Thresholds of Activity for Adaptation | |
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Chronic Stimulation and Atrophy | |
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Metabolic Signals and the Adaptive Response | |
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Degenerative and Regenerative Processes | |
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Summary | |
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Neural Mechanisms in Aerobic Endurance Training | |
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Adaptation of the Neuromuscular Junction | |
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Responses of Motoneurons | |
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Adaptations of Spinal Cord Circuits | |
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Summary | |
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Muscle Molecular Mechanisms in Strength Training | |
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Acute Responses in Protein Synthesis and Degradation | |
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Connective Tissue Responses | |
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Role of Muscle Damage | |
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Role of Dietary Supplements | |
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Summary | |
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Muscle Property Changes in Strength Training | |
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Increased Muscle Fiber Cross-Sectional Area | |
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Fiber Type Composition | |
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Muscle Fiber Number | |
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Muscle Composition | |
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Muscle Architecture | |
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Muscle Fiber Ultrastructure | |
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Evoked Isometric Contractile Properties | |
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Changes in Muscle Force, Velocity, and Power | |
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Fatigue Resistance | |
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Role of Eccentric Contractions | |
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Summary | |
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Neural Mechanisms in Strength Training | |
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Gains in Strength Versus Muscle Girth | |
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Strength Gains Show Task Specificity | |
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Surface EMG Response During MVC | |
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Imaginary Strength Training | |
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Reflex Adaptations | |
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Cross Education | |
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Decreased Activation of Antagonists | |
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Changes in Motor Unit Recruitment | |
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Changes in Motor Cortex | |
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Summary | |
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References | |
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Index | |
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About the Author | |