ArticleJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)2014
Stressor-induced increase in muscle fatigability of young men and women is predicted by strength but not voluntary activation.
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- Cognitive challenge as a probe to expose sex- and age-related differences during static contractions.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- Effect of Mental Task on Sex Differences in Muscle Fatigability: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- A Methodological Framework to Capture Neuromuscular Fatigue Mechanisms Under Stress.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2021Review
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- Fatigue in Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Theoretical Framework and Implications For Real-Life Performance and Rehabilitation.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Review
- Force Steadiness During a Cognitively Challenging Motor Task Is Predicted by Executive Function in Older Adults.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Adjustments in Torque Steadiness During Fatiguing Contractions Are Inversely Correlated With IQ in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Sex differences in spatial accuracy relate to the neural activation of antagonistic muscles in young adults.Experimental brain research · 2017Article
- Sex Differences in Neuromuscular Fatigability of the Knee Extensors Post-Stroke.Brain sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
This study investigated mechanisms for the stressor-induced changes in muscle fatigability in men and women. Participants performed an isometric-fatiguing contraction at 20% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) until failure with the elbow flexor muscles. Study one (n = 55; 29 women) involved two experimental sessions: 1) a high-stressor session that required a difficult mental-math task before and during a fatiguing contraction and 2) a control session with no mental math. For some participants (n = 28; 14 women), cortical stimulation was used to examine mechanisms that contributed to muscle fatigability during the high-stressor and control sessions. Study two (n = 23; nine women) determined the influence of a low stressor, i.e., a simple mental-math task, on muscle fatigability. In study one, the time-to-task failure was less for the high-stressor session than control (P < 0.05) for women (19.4%) and men (9.5%): the sex difference response disappeared when covaried for initial strength (MVC). MVC force, voluntary activation, and peak-twitch amplitude decreased similarly for the control and high-stressor sessions (P < 0.05). In study two, the time-to-task failure of men or women was not influenced by the low stressor (P > 0.05). The greater fatigability, when exposed to a high stressor during a low-force task, was not exclusive to women but involved a strength-related mechanism in both weaker men and women that accelerated declines in voluntary activation and slowing of contractile properties.
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