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Exercise Medicine
Gender variability in muscle is compared
August 18th, 2005
Gender variability in muscle size and strength is compared. "This study assessed variability in muscle size and strength changes in a large cohort of men and women after a unilateral resistance training program in the elbow flexors. A secondary purpose was to assess sex differences in size and strength changes after training. Five hundred eighty-five subjects (342 women, 243 men) were tested at 1 of 8 study centers," scientists writing in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise report. The researchers related that "isometric (MVC) and dynamic strength (one-repetition maximum (IRM)) of the elbow flexor muscles of each arm and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-18)
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