Differences in muscle performance during fatigue may explain the differences in motoneurone excitability between acute and chronic hypoxia

Reply from Luca Ruggiero, Alexandra F. Yacyshyn, Jane Nettleton and Chris J. McNeil

“…we chose a submaximal, intermittent protocol with a target (torque) that relates to muscle performance outside of a laboratory setting. As suggested by Finn and colleagues (), we agree that it would be prudent for future work to investigate the impact of hypoxia (acute and chronic) on motoneurone excitability during a fatiguing task with only an EMG target. However, based on our novel findings, it is advisable to adjust the EMG target to account for real‐time changes to the M max .…”