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The effects of general cooling on the electromyographic characteristics of muscular fatigue caused by dynamic load

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The process of muscular fatigue under cooling conditions (+10°C, 30 min) was studied on seven healthy volunteers (males aged 20 to 34 years) by the surface electromyography (EMG) method using the turn-amplitude analysis. A distinct stage pattern of changes in the parameters of the turn-amplitude analysis was revealed under thermoneutral conditions. The direction of EMG changes was retained in fatigued subjects in the cold; however, under mild exercise stress, the “thermoregulation” component of muscular fatigue was revealed.

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    A. Yu. Meigal, A. Yu. Ivukov, L. I. Gerasimova, E. G. Antonen & Yu. V. Lupandin

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Meigal, A.Y., Ivukov, A.Y., Gerasimova, L.I. et al. The effects of general cooling on the electromyographic characteristics of muscular fatigue caused by dynamic load. Hum Physiol 26, 193–198 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02760091

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