Gender differences in the fatigability of human skeletal muscle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3590-3593

  Semmler, John G ^a   Kutzscher, Devin V ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033394918     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.3590     Document Type: Article

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