Task-specific sex differences in muscle fatigue: Is there a common underlying cause?

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-

  Dotan, Raffy ^a   Falk, Bareket ^b  

^a Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE FATIGUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 74349093964     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3181c5ce0c     Document Type: Letter

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