Changes in muscle strength, relaxation rate and fatiguability during the human menstrual cycle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 267-272

  Sarwar, R ^a   Niclos, B Beltran ^a   Rutherford, O M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0029971651     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021381     Document Type: Article

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