Slower fatigue and faster recovery of the adductor pollicis muscle in women matched for strength with men

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-239

  Fulco, Charles S ^a,e   Rock, P B ^a   Muza, S R ^a   Lammi, E ^a   Cymerman, A ^a   Butterfield, G ^b   Moore, L G ^c   Braun, B ^b   Lewis, S F ^d  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Maximal voluntary contraction; Muscle contraction; Muscle fatigue rate; Muscular endurance; Muscular strength; Muscular strength recovery; MVC

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THUMB; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0033397328     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1999.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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