1. Restoration of Voluntary Muscle Strength After 3 Weeks of Cast Immobilization is Suppressed in Women Compared With Men 
Brian C. Clark, PhD, Todd M. Manini, PhD, Richard L. Hoffman, MS, David W. Russ, PhD 
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 
Volume 90, Issue 1, Pages (January 2009)
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2. Fig 1
(A) The experimental setup for assessing voluntary wrist flexion strength and central activation. (B) Force trace of a maximal voluntary contraction coupled with superimposed electric stimulation to assess central activation. (C) No sex differences were observed at baseline for central activation, nor were immobilization-induced sex-specific effects observed. (D) Temporal changes in voluntary wrist flexion strength by sex during 3 weeks of immobilization and after 1 week of recovery.
*Indicates significantly less than baseline when data are pooled across sex (P≤.05).
†The recovery of voluntary muscle strength was depressed in women when compared with men (P=.03, η2=.46).
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