What the study found
Prior knee-extensor fatigue reduced total cycling work by 4.8%, mainly through lower power. Participants retained a similar pacing pattern while producing less work.
Participants and protocol
Ten recreationally active men completed a fifteen-minute cycling time trial after an eccentric fatigue protocol and after a control condition in a crossover experiment.
What this cannot establish
This artificial, acute fatigue condition is not identical to ordinary training soreness. The result does not quantify a universal recovery period after strength exercise.
Publication details
- Record
- PubMed 23756830
- Publication types
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Indexed subjects
- Muscle, Skeletal · Knee Joint · Electromyography · Exercise · Cross-Over Studies
- Source record checked
- 2026-10-18
Publication type and subject indexing describe the record; they are not a quality grade or proof of a benefit. An abstract does not replace a review of the full methods and results.
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