Gender Differences in Isometric Contractile Properties and Fatigability in Elderly Human Muscle

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 441-454

  Hicks, Audrey L ^a   McCartney, Neil ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Fatigue; Muscle; Training

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030340030     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h96-039     Document Type: Article

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