Abstract
The classical ergographic experiments conducted by Mosso in the late 1800s were an impetus to widespread study of fatigue patterns as related to learning and educational planning. In no small way, Mosso's work contributed to the development of scientific study of children and pedagogy. Subsequent work by many investigators has continued to seek links between physiological and psychological factors with local muscular fatigue pattern components. In this paper, a discussion of logically deduced versus statistically defined components in fatigue pattern analysis strategies is followed by a concise review of local muscular fatigue patterns as related to (1) level of strength in male and female subjects, (2) recovery and over-recovery patterns, (3) the quick jump in strength phenomenon, (4) psychological factors, and (5) muscle fiber type composition.