New Insights into Muscle Fatigue and Recovery

Dear Colleagues,

Fatigue, which can be central and/or peripheral in origin, is a transient reduction in physical performance that may impact exercise, training, and activities of daily living through acute and chronic neuromuscular, metabolic, psychological, and environmental mechanisms. Despite decades of research, fatigue remains a complex and incompletely understood phenomenon, with continued research efforts aimed at better understanding its situational and context-specific mechanisms in various populations. Significant, ongoing attention is also given to strategies that may reduce fatigue and improve recovery.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to further our understanding of the mechanisms underlying fatigue and their implications for physical function and performance. Additionally, this Special Issue will explore strategies that alleviate fatigue and aid recovery.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Mechanisms and outcomes of acute and chronic fatigue;
• Recovery strategies, including exercise, sleep, nutrition, and technological interventions;
• Monitoring fatigue and recovery;
• Sex- and age-related differences in fatigue and recovery;
• Fatigue and recovery in special populations.

We welcome original research, reviews, and case studies the expand our understanding of this topic.

Dr. Matthew Barnes
Guest Editor

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