Concept of an extracellular regulation of muscular metabolic rate during heavy exercise in humans by psychophysiological feedback

Efferent motor signals to skeletal muscles concern not only the space/ time pattern of motion, but also the setting of muscular performance and through this the control of the current metabolic rate. For an optimal adjustment of metabolic rate during heavy exercise-e.g. in athletic competitions-a fe...

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Published inExperientia Vol. 52; no. 5; p. 416
Main Author Ulmer, H V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland 01.05.1996
Subjects
Biofeedback, Psychology
Exercise Test
Homeostasis
Humans
Models, Biological
Models, Psychological
Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism
Muscle, Skeletal - physiology
Physical Exertion
Regression Analysis
Running
Stress, Physiological
Swimming
Time Perception
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Summary:Efferent motor signals to skeletal muscles concern not only the space/ time pattern of motion, but also the setting of muscular performance and through this the control of the current metabolic rate. For an optimal adjustment of metabolic rate during heavy exercise-e.g. in athletic competitions-a feedback control system must exist, including a programmer that takes into consideration a finishing point (teleoanticipation). The presented experiments, using Borg's scale, indicate the existence and functioning of a system for optimal adjustment of performance during heavy exercise and the relevance of teleoanticipatory effects. Thus motor learning includes not only somatosensory control, but also metabolic control. With regard to migratory birds, such metabolic control would have to operate in the individual as well as in the migrating flock as a whole.
ISSN:0014-4754
DOI:10.1007/bf01919309