Sex differences in fatigue resistance are muscle group dependent

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1943-1950

  Avin, Keith G ^a   Naughton, Maureen R ^a   Ford, Brett W ^a   Moore, Haley E ^a   Monitto Webber, Maya N ^a   Stark, Amy M ^a   Gentile, A John ^a   Law, Laura A Frey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Elbow; Isometric contraction; Maximum endurance time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELBOW; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE; COHORT STUDIES; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957355683     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181d8f8fa     Document Type: Article

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