Menstrual Cycle Associated Alteration of Vastus Lateralis Motor Unit Function.
Jessica PiaseckiYuxiao GuoEleanor J JonesBethan E PhillipsDaniel W StashukPhilip J AthertonMathew PiaseckiPublished in: Sports medicine - open (2023)
Assessments of neuromuscular performance did not differ across the menstrual cycle. The suppression of low threshold motor unit firing rate during periods of increased progesterone may suggest a potential inhibitory effect and an alteration of recruitment strategy; however this had no discernible effect on performance. These findings highlight contraction level-dependent modulation of vastus lateralis motor unit function over the eumenorrheic cycle, occurring independently of measures of performance.
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