Sex Differences and Mechanisms of Task-Specific Muscle Fatigue
- 1 July 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
- Vol. 37 (3), 113-122
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jes.0b013e3181aa63e2
Abstract
Women can be less fatigable than men due to sex-related differences within the neuromuscular system that impact physiological adjustments during a fatiguing task. The involved mechanism(s) for the sex difference, however, is task specific. This review explores the novel hypothesis that variation of the task will alter the magnitude of the sex-difference in muscle fatigue and the contribution of involved mechanisms.Keywords
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