A comparison of adductor pollicis fatigue in older men and women

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 873-879

  Cheng, Arthur ^a   Ditor, David S ^a   Hicks, Audrey L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender differences; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141727816     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y03-084     Document Type: Article

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