Oestrogen status in relation to the early training responses in human thumb adductor muscles

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-52

  Onambele, G N L ^a,b   Bruce, S A ^a,c   Woledge, R C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adductor pollicis; First dorsal interoseus; Isometric force; Muscle cross sectional area; Oestrogen; Stretch force; Training; Twitch interpolation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; THUMB;

EID: 33747328751     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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