Identifying sex differences in neuromuscular fatigue: the challenge of normalizing exercise intensity and interpreting the results between populations

Thomas J Hureau^{1

2}, Elyse Hucteau^{1

2}, Anasthase Massamba^{1

2}, Joris Mallard^{1

2}, Guillaume P Ducrocq^{1

2}

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¹ Faculty of Medicine, Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress and Muscular Protection laboratory (UR 3072), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
² Faculty of Sport Sciences, European Centre for Education, Research and Innovation in Exercise Physiology (CEERIPE), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

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Thomas J Hureau et al. J Physiol. 2021 Jun.

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. 2021 Jun;599(11):2801-2802.

doi: 10.1113/JP281755. Epub 2021 May 10.

Thomas J Hureau^{1

2}, Elyse Hucteau^{1

2}, Anasthase Massamba^{1

2}, Joris Mallard^{1

2}, Guillaume P Ducrocq^{1

2}

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress and Muscular Protection laboratory (UR 3072), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
² Faculty of Sport Sciences, European Centre for Education, Research and Innovation in Exercise Physiology (CEERIPE), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

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Keywords: critical power; exercise performance; neuromuscular fatigue; sex differences.

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