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Is sex a proxy for mechanical variables during an upper limb repetitive movement task? An investigation of the effects of sex and of anthropometric load on muscle fatigue

BACKGROUND: Women report more work-related pain and neck/shoulder musculoskeletal disorders than men. For the same absolute workload, due to lower strength, females generally work at a higher relative intensity, which could induce more fatigue. However, the arm’s anthropometric load (AL) of men is h...

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Autores principales: Slopecki, Matthew, Messing, Karen, Côté, Julie N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7596960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33126920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-020-00336-1