Localised muscle fatigue. What does it REALLY do to the runner? 1 CME credit.

I have perviously written about fatigue in sport  here and here  but because it is such an important topic, I thought we might take a look at the most current info.

Personally I think the effect of fatigue on energy output, altered gait biomechanics and injury is the Holy Grail of sports medicine. It effects every athlete in every sport, and whilst we have a poor understanding of this currently, what we do know is that fatigue has a profound effect on all three varialbles. I shall turn my focus fairly specifically to muscle fatigue, rather than general physiologic fatigue in this little discussion.