Amount and structure of force variability during short, ramp and sustained contractions in males and females

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-47

  Svendsen, Jacob H ^a   Madeleine, Pascal ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endurance contraction; Force variability; Gender differences; Motor control; Sample entropy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELBOW FLEXION; ENDURANCE; ENTROPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049099568     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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