Men and women exhibit a similar time to task failure for a sustained, submaximal elbow extensor contraction

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1089-1098

  Dearth, Douglas J ^a,b   Umbel, Jonathan ^a,b   Hoffman, Richard L ^a,b   Russ, David W ^a   Wilson, Thad E ^a,b   Clark, Brian C ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Gender; Muscle fatigue; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951091355     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1323-z     Document Type: Article

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