An Examination of Sex-Related Differences in Central and Peripheral Fatigue

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dc.contributor.authorGillespie, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-10T18:46:28Z
dc.date.available2015-08-10T18:46:28Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description30 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Human Physiology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2015.en_US
dc.description.abstractMuscle fatigue is classically defined as an exercise-induced decline in maximal voluntary muscle force or power. The development of muscle fatigue can occur within the muscle (peripheral fatigue), or within the Central Nervous System (CNS; central fatigue). Greater resistance to fatigue has been demonstrated in men compared with women. The purpose of the study was to examine sex-related differences in the site of muscle fatigue, using assessments of central and peripheral fatigue, as well as inhibitory sensory feedback. We hypothesized that force, EMG and M-wave amplitude would decrease with fatigue and, would not recover during occlusion, and would recover after blood flow was returned. We also hypothesized that these fatigue measures would be significantly larger in men than in women. MVC, EMG, M-Wave amplitude, and M-Wave latency data were analyzed. From the analyzed data, we were unable to find a significant difference between males and females for MVC, EMG, M-Wave amplitudes and M-Wave latency.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/19059
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectMuscle Physiologyen_US
dc.subjectMuscleen_US
dc.subjectFatigueen_US
dc.subjectPhysiologyen_US
dc.subjectInhibitory Sensory Feedbacken_US
dc.subjectTibialis Anterioren_US
dc.subjectFatigue Typesen_US
dc.titleAn Examination of Sex-Related Differences in Central and Peripheral Fatigueen_US
dc.typeThesis / Dissertationen_US

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