The influence of menstrual cycle phase on skeletal muscle contractile characteristics in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 530, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 161-166

  Janse De Jonge, X A K ^a   Boot, C R L ^b   Thom, J M ^a   Ruell, P A ^a   Thompson, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; GRIP STRENGTH; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0034777699     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.0161m.x     Document Type: Article

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