Age and sex differences in steadiness of elbow flexor muscles with imposed cognitive demand

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1367-1379

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

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arousal; Force fluctuations; Gender; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; COGNITION; ELBOW; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COGNITION; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84939994592     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-015-3113-0     Document Type: Article

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