Muscle function in monozygotic female twin pairs discordant for hormone replacement therapy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 769-775

  Finni, Taija ^a   Noorkoiv, Marika ^a   Pöllänen, Eija ^a   Ronkainen, Paula H A ^a   Alén, Markku ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c   Kovanen, Vuokko ^a   Sipilä, Sarianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Estradiol; Fatigue; Plantarflexor strength; Skeletal muscle; Twitch

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TIBOLONE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 80054854749     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22162     Document Type: Article

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