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From catastrophe to complexity: a novel model of integrative central neural regulation of effort and fatigue during exercise in humans: summary and conclusions
  1. T D Noakes,
  2. A St Clair Gibson,
  3. E V Lambert
  1. Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Newlands, South Africa
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor Noakes
 University of Cape Town, Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Sports Science of South Africa, PO Box 115, Newlands 7725, South Africa; tdnoakessports.uct.ac.za

Abstract

It is hypothesised that physical activity is controlled by a central governor in the brain and that the human body functions as a complex system during exercise. Using feed forward control in response to afferent feedback from different physiological systems, the extent of skeletal muscle recruitment is controlled as part of a continuously altering pacing strategy, with the sensation of fatigue being the conscious interpretation of these homoeostatic, central governor control mechanisms.

  • complex systems
  • fatigue
  • neural recruitment
  • pacing strategies
  • teleoanticipation

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2003.010330

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