Human skeletal muscle responses vary with age and gender during fatigue due to incremental isometric exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1813-1823

  Kent Braun, J A ^a   Ng, A V ^a   Doyle, J W ^a   Towse, T F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Activation; Central fatigue; Excitation contraction coupling; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Metabolism; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0036871995     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00091.2002     Document Type: Article

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