Muscle fatigue in males and females during multiple-sprint exercise

Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-278

  Billaut, François ^a   Bishop, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; BODY COMPOSITION; CELL ACTIVATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

BICYCLING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63149164402     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200939040-00001     Document Type: Review

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