Sex Differences in Arm Muscle Fatigability With Cognitive Demand in Older Adults

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 473, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2568-2577

  Pereira, Hugo M ^a   Spears, Vincent C ^a   Schlinder Delap, Bonnie ^a   Yoon, Tejin ^b   Harkins, April ^a   Nielson, Kristy A ^c   Hoeger Bement, Marie ^a   Hunter, Sandra K ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOMECHANICS; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TORQUE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84934434676     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-015-4205-1     Document Type: Article

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