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The Treadmill Fatigue Test: A Simple, High-throughput Assay of Fatigue-like Behavior for the Mouse
Published on: May 31, 2016
Fatigue effects in running
B T Bates1, L R Osternig, S L James
1a Department of Physical Education , University of Oregon.
Abstract:
Effects of fatigue were assessed on 12 female subjects who were filmed at two stages of a maximal-effort, gross physical performance task (running). Comparisons were then made between selected temporal and kinematic parameters describing the activity: The results appear to support the concept that fatigue does not simply produce a uniform reduction in the components of a movement pattern but, rather, changes their relationship completely.
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