ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2019
Trained females exhibit less fatigability than trained males after a heavy knee extensor resistance exercise session.
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- Sex Differences in Adaptations in Muscle Strength and Size Following Resistance Training in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- The Effect of Resistance Training in Women on Dynamic Strength and Muscular Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
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- Differences in knee flexor and extensor force and kinematic variables in rural versus urban area female students in Romania.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Functional Impact of Post-exercise Cooling and Heating on Recovery and Training Adaptations: Application to Resistance, Endurance, and Sprint Exercise.Sports medicine - open · 2022Review
- Considerations for Sex-Cognizant Research in Exercise Biology and Medicine.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Review
- Sex Bias in Cohorts Included in Sports Medicine Research.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- Rate of Force Development as an Indicator of Neuromuscular Fatigue: A Scoping Review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Differential changes in muscle architecture and neuromuscular fatigability induced by isometric resistance training at short and long muscle-tendon unit lengths.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2020Article
- Changes in the quadriceps spinal reflex pathway after repeated sprint cycling are not influenced by ischemic preconditioning.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Analysis of fatigue in the three heads of the triceps brachii during isometric contractions at various effort levels.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeWe examined differences between trained males and females in measures of muscular fatigability and central motor output after a resistance exercise session.
methodsSixteen trained males (n = 8) and females (n = 8) participated in the study. Knee extensor maximal torque and rate of torque development were measured before and after the exercise session, and the twitch interpolation technique was used during the maximal efforts to derive measures of voluntary activation and muscle contractility by supramaximal stimulation of the femoral nerve using 10 and 100 Hz doublets. Surface electromyograms were recorded during all maximal efforts to examine maximal and rate of quadriceps muscle activation.
resultsAfter exercise, maximal torque was reduced for both sexes by 26.3 ± 12.5% (p < 0.001). Absolute and relative vRTD was reduced only for males after exercise (p < 0.05). The early (0-50 ms) rate of muscle activation rise was similarly reduced for both sexes between 2.6 and 16.4% s
conclusionsThese findings suggest that trained females are resistant to reductions in rapid torque development, despite similar reductions in maximal torque, after resistance exercise, with this result explained by better-maintained muscle contractility and maximal rate of muscle activation compared to males.
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