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Fitness and Training THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE FROM LIMITED RANGE EXERCISE ON FULL RANGE FUNCTION BRIAN D. JOHNSTON Fitness Logistics, Exercise and Performance Testing Center, Sudbury, ON Canada P3A 6C1. ABSTRACT Johnston BD. The Effects Of Fatigue From Limited Range Exercise On Full Range Function. JEPonline. 2004;8(5):15-21. There is debate as to whether a person can achieve full range strength from limited range exercise. The purpose of the experiment was to determine the immediate effect exercise at one joint angle would have on the force output at a distant and non-worked joint angle. It was hypothesized that if there was a large carryover of fatigue (loss of force output) to a distant and non-worked angle because of the work incurred at a different joint angle, then an ‘exercise effect’ presumably did occur throughout the full range. Five experienced and highly motivated subjects (three male and two female) were selected, with ages ranging from 17 to 39, and with exercise experience ranging from two years to 25 years. All subjects were used to training to muscular fatigue and exhibiting high levels of exertion in exercise. Fresh quadriceps strength was tested toward full extension. The thigh then was placed an additional 42( toward flexion, and a series of isometric exercise attempts (2 s to ease into tension, followed by 5 s of maximum effort, followed by 2 s to ease out of tension, and followed by 5 s rest) repeated, to create a deep fatigue in the muscles. Immediately (~ 5 s) after the exercise bout, the leg was re-positioned at the initial joint angle, and force output again was measured to determine to what extent the fatigue that resulted toward the point of flexion, because of exercise, affected this distant and non-worked joint angle. Results revealed 4 subjects experienced decreased muscular strength (-17 to 20%) and 1 experienced improvement (43%). Force declines were small compared to the decrements experienced at the exercise joint angle. M