Voluntary strength and fatigue
The Journal of PhysiologyPublished 29 March 1954Open access
P A Merton
Citations1,419
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The paper shows that a maximal voluntary effort develops the same tension as a maximal tetanus artificially excited; in the second part the same equality is found to persist during fatigue, implying that in fatigue, too, the limitation of strength is peripheral.
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