Monthly Archives: November 2016

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Interview: Associate Professor Janet Taylor talks about fatigue after exercise

This entry was posted in Interview Motor Impairment Blog Strength & weakness and tagged brain exercise fatigue motor impairment muscle neuroscience on November 24, 2016 by Bart Bolsterlee

Associate Professor Janet Taylor studies the mechanisms that cause people to feel fatigued after exercise. In this video she discusses the different components of fatigue and the clinical relevance of understanding these mechanisms.

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Hard and fast: Power training improves walking speed and voluntary activation in mobility-limited older adults

This entry was posted in Commentary Motor Impairment Blog Strength & weakness and tagged elderly exercise gait older adults power training voluntary activation on November 10, 2016 by Jim Nuzzo

Muscle strength and other measures of physical function decline with age (e.g., Kenny et al. 2013).  To overcome these age-related decrements in physical function, physical exercise is recommended (e.g. American College of Sports Medicine 2009; Australian Government Department of Health 2005).  Two types of exercise that improve physical function in older adults […]

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