ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2022
Resistance exercise training and the motor unit.
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- Differential motor unit firing rate and hypertrophic adaptations of the vastus lateralis despite similar strength increases following high-load versus combined high- and low-load resistance training interventions.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- The effects of 6 weeks of high load or low-load blood flow restriction resistance exercise training on motor unit firing rates in males and females.Journal of neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on neuromuscular function and muscle quality in patient following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Are counter movement jump and isometric mid-thigh pull tests reliable, valid, and sensitive measurement instruments when performed after maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing? A sex-based analysis in elite athletes.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Motor unit firing rates increase in prepubescent youth following linear periodization resistance exercise training.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Association between physical fitness tests and neuromuscular properties.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Prediction of 1-year change in knee extension strength by neuromuscular properties in older adults.GeroScience · 2024Article
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Exercise Beneficial for Locomotion in Community-Dwelling Elderly People with Sarcopenia.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Review
- Longitudinal development of muscle strength and relationship with motor unit activity and muscle morphological characteristics in youth athletes.Experimental brain research · 2023Article
- Effects of Resistance Exercise on Slow-Twitch Soleus Muscle of Infarcted Rats.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Resistance exercise training (RET) is a key modality to enhance sports performance, injury prevention and rehabilitation, and improving overall health via increases in muscular strength. Yet, the contribution of neural mechanisms to increases in muscular strength are highly debated. This is particularly true for the involvement of the motor unit, which is the link between neural (activation) and mechanical (muscle fiber twitch forces) mechanisms. A plethora of literature that examines the effects of RET on skeletal muscle speculate the role of motor units, such as increases in firing rates partially explains muscular strength gains. Results, however, are mixed regarding changes in firing rates in studies that utilize single motor unit recordings. The lack of clarity could be related to vast or subtle differences in RET programs, methods to record motor units, muscles tested, types of contractions and intensities used to record motor units, etc. Yet to be discussed, mixed findings could be the result of non-uniform MU behavior that is not typically accounted for in RET research. The purpose of this narration is to discuss the effects of acute resistance exercise training studies on MU behavior and to provide guidance for future research.
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