On the implications of a sex difference in the reaction times of sprinters at the Beijing Olympics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lipps, David B ^a   Galecki, Andrzej T ^a,b   Ashton Miller, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORTING EVENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; REACTION TIME; RUNNING;

CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80054784029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026141     Document Type: Article

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