ArticleMuscle & nerve2011
Prior heat stress effects fatigue recovery of the elbow flexor muscles.
Article in Muscle & nerve, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Common and Divergent Physiological Responses to Hypoxia and Heat.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Temperature effects on TMS-Derived measures of cortical excitability: a systematic review and implications for a warming climate.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2026Review
- Pre-exercise hot water immersion increased circulatory heat shock proteins but did not alter muscle damage markers or endurance capacity after eccentric exercise.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2024Article
- Effects of High Temperature Exposure on the Wingate Test Performance in Male University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Turning Up the Heat: An Evaluation of the Evidence for Heating to Promote Exercise Recovery, Muscle Rehabilitation and Adaptation.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Review
- Whole body heat stress increases motor cortical excitability and skill acquisition in humans.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionLong-lasting alterations in hormones, neurotransmitters, and stress proteins after hyperthermia may be responsible for the impairment in motor performance during muscle fatigue.
methodsSubjects (n = 25) performed a maximal intermittent fatigue task of elbow flexion after sitting in either 73° or 26°C to examine the effects of prior heat stress on fatigue mechanisms.
resultsThe heat stress increased the tympanic and rectal temperatures by 2.3° and 0.82°C, respectively, but there was full recovery prior to the fatigue task. Although prior heat stress had no effects on fatigue-related changes in volitional torque, electromyographic (EMG) activity, torque relaxation rate, motor evoked potential (MEP) size, and silent period (SP) duration, prior heat stress acutely increased the pre-fatigue relaxation rate and chronically prevented long-duration fatigue (P < 0.05).
conclusionsThese findings indicate that prior passive heat stress alone does not alter voluntary activation during fatigue, but prior heat stress and exercise produce longer-term protection against long-duration fatigue.
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