Title

Sex Differences and Mechanisms of Task-Specific Muscle Fatigue

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Source Publication

Exercise and Sport Science Review

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.

Comments

Exercise and Sport Science Review, Volume 37, No. 3, pp 113–122 (2009). DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3181aa63e2