Gender differences in the fatigability of the inspiratory muscles

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 472-479

  Gonzales, Joaquin U ^a   Scheuermann, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximal inspiratory pressure; Muscle fatigue; Resistive breathing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644847906     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000189318.80061.fe     Document Type: Article

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