The effect of age and gender on the relative fatigability of the human adductor pollicis muscle

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 781-790

  Ditor, D S ^a   Hicks, A L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute force; Age; Gender; Muscle membrane excitability; Neuromuscular fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THUMB; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033767956     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y00-061     Document Type: Article

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