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  2. Fatigue - Wikipedia

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    Another definition is that fatigue is "a significant subjective sensation of weariness, increasing sense of effort, mismatch between effort expended and actual performance, or exhaustion independent from medications, chronic pain, physical deconditioning, anaemia, respiratory dysfunction, depression, and sleep disorders".

  3. Central nervous system fatigue - Wikipedia

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    Central nervous system fatigue, or central fatigue, is a form of fatigue that is associated with changes in the synaptic concentration of neurotransmitters within the central nervous system (CNS; including the brain and spinal cord) which affects exercise performance and muscle function and cannot be explained by peripheral factors that affect muscle function.

  4. Stress (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The general adaptation syndrome (GAS), developed by Hans Selye, is a profile of how organisms respond to stress; GAS is characterized by three phases: a nonspecific alarm mobilization phase, which promotes sympathetic nervous system activity; a resistance phase, during which the organism makes efforts to cope with the threat; and an exhaustion ...

  5. Human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Gross anatomy (also called topographical anatomy, regional anatomy, or anthropotomy) is the study of anatomical structures that can be seen by the naked eye. [1] Microscopic anatomy is the study of minute anatomical structures assisted with microscopes , which includes histology (the study of the organization of tissues), [ 1 ] and cytology ...

  6. Post-exertional malaise - Wikipedia

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    Post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion (PENE) Chart of physical, cognitive, and emotional activities that may trigger PEM: Symptoms: Worsening of symptoms after ordinary activity: Causes: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Long COVID [citation needed] Treatment: Symptomatic

  7. Physiology of marathons - Wikipedia

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    The marathon was conceived centuries ago and as of recent has been gaining popularity among many populations around the world. The 42.195 km (26.2 mile) distance is a physical challenge that entails distinct features of an individual's energy metabolism. Marathon runners finish at different times because of individual physiological characteristics

  8. Weakness - Wikipedia

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    Weakness is a symptom of many different medical conditions. [1] The causes are many and can be divided into conditions that have true or perceived muscle weakness. True muscle weakness is a primary symptom of a variety of skeletal muscle diseases, including muscular dystrophy and inflammatory myopathy.

  9. Occupational burnout - Wikipedia

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    They argued that the definition of burnout should be limited to fatigue and exhaustion. [3] The CBI has had some use in Germany. In 2006, Shirom and Melamed with their Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM) conceptualized burnout in terms of physical exhaustion, cognitive weariness, and emotional exhaustion.