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voluntary activation: a standalone construct

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Exercise physiology

the extent to which the nervous system fully drives a muscle during a maximal voluntary effort, shown when an added stimulus can still raise force.

In exercise physiology, voluntary activation refers to the extent to which the nervous system fully drives a muscle during a maximal voluntary effort, shown when an added stimulus can still raise force. This meaning comes from Merton (1954) in The Journal of Physiology.[1]

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References

Merton, P. A. (1954). Voluntary strength and fatigue. The Journal of Physiology, 123(3), 553-564. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1954.sp005070

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