ReviewSports (Basel, Switzerland)2022
The Neuromuscular Fatigue-Induced Loss of Muscle Force Control.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Biomechanics of Rugby Tackle Techniques in Youth and Adult Players: A Systematic Review of Age-Specific Injury Risk and Performance Implications.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Changes in Quadriceps Force Control and Torque Quality Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Reconstruction: Associations with Functional Performance-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Relationship Between Force Steadiness and Functionality in Older Adults: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Pooled it
- High-Intensity Exercise Performance as a Complex Adaptive System: An Integrative Review.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Targeted cryostimulation of myofascial trigger points modulates exercise-induced physiological tremor in adolescent swimmers: a randomized counterbalanced crossover trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Decoupling of kinetic and kinematic asymmetry in elite sculling: catch slip synchronization is more closely associated with boat speed than force balance.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- [Research on a muscle fatigue quantification based on an improved critical power model].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026Article
- Relationships Between Weekly Dynamic Stress Load Volume and Match-Play External and Internal Load: Half-Specific and Full-Competition Analyses in Professional Soccer Players.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Corticospinal, reticulospinal and motoneuronal contributions to fatigability during a sustained contraction of the elbow flexors.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Age-related alterations in trunk extensor force control during isometric and isokinetic contractions.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Relationship Between Neuromuscular Fatigue and Manual Dexterity in Physiotherapists: An Observational Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Caffeine ingestion improves morning neuromuscular performance to evening levels in healthy females.PloS one · 2026Article
- Effect of fatigue on neuromuscular adaptations in endurance-trained and recreationally active males.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Dynamics of brain-muscle interaction with neuromuscular fatigability: systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Multiple Organ Phenotype of Fatigue.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Framework for a short muscle function battery using electronic handgrip dynamometry and accelerometry in older adults.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Article
- Changes in torque complexity with fatigue are related to motor unit behaviour.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Using a Digital Wearable Plantar Pressure Device to Detect Muscle Fatigue: Within-Subject, Repeated Measures Experimental Design.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Assessment Methods of Sport-Induced Neuromuscular Fatigue: A Scoping Review.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Effect of increased protein intake before pre-event on muscle fatigue development and recovery in female athletes.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
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Abstract
Neuromuscular fatigue is characterised not only by a reduction in the capacity to generate maximal muscle force, but also in the ability to control submaximal muscle forces, i.e., to generate task-relevant and precise levels of force. This decreased ability to control force is quantified according to a greater magnitude and lower complexity (temporal structure) of force fluctuations, which are indicative of decreased force steadiness and adaptability, respectively. The "loss of force control" is affected by the type of muscle contraction used in the fatiguing exercise, potentially differing between typical laboratory tests of fatigue (e.g., isometric contractions) and the contractions typical of everyday and sporting movements (e.g., dynamic concentric and eccentric contractions), and can be attenuated through the use of ergogenic aids. The loss of force control appears to relate to a fatigue-induced increase in common synaptic input to muscle, though the extent to which various mechanisms (afferent feedback, neuromodulatory pathways, cortical/reticulospinal pathways) contribute to this remains to be determined. Importantly, this fatigue-induced loss of force control could have important implications for task performance, as force control is correlated with performance in a range of tasks that are associated with activities of daily living, occupational duties, and sporting performance.
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