Purpose In sport and exercise, warm-ups induce various physiological changes that
facilitate subsequent performance. We have shown that delivering patterned stimulation to …

Warm-up routines include various tasks focused on the peripheral contractile properties and
nervous motor command. This present study was aimed at investigating the acute effects of …

Spinal cord excitability, as assessed by modulation of Hoffmann (H-) reflexes, is reduced
with fatiguing isometric contractions. Furthermore, spinal cord excitability is reduced during …

Background Muscle performance can be notably improved following a preloading maximal
or near maximal stimulus due to the induction of postactivation potentiation, but the success …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to map responses over 32 hours following high-load (HL)
and moderate-load (ML) half-squat priming. Methods: Fifteen participants completed control …

Objectives To determine the effects of “strides” with a weighted-vest during a warm-up on
endurance performance and its potential neuromuscular and metabolic mediators. A bout of …

Warm-up routine prior to sports activities is a customary practice among sporting people and
athletes. Although warm-up is done with the expectation that it will enhance subsequent …

In young elite athletes the influence of a sensorimotor training (SMT= balance training) on
strength, jump height and spinal reflex excitability was compared with adaptations induced …

Interlimb neural connections support motor tasks such as locomotion and cross-education
strength training. Somatosensory pathways that can be assessed with cutaneous reflex …

Purpose The study investigated potential mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of
performing serial contractions for increasing muscle performance. Methods Thirteen men …