Gender differences in muscle strength after 20 days bed rest.
In the previous studies, when Bed rest (BR) was prolonged over 2 weeks, muscle mass and strength began progressively to become reduced.  There are many publications investigating the changes in skeletal muscles during inactivity.  However it is still unclear whether the changing degrees of muscle mass and strength not only in antigravity muscles but also in non-antigravity muscles differ between males and females.  So, the purpose of this study is to investigate gender difference in the effect of 20 days of BR (BR 20) on regional muscle mass and strength of the arm and leg.
Ito
K
K
Lab. of Physical Education, Tsurumi Univ, Yokohama, Japan.
Torikoshi
S
S
Yokozawa
K
K
Nagano
J
J
Suzuki
Y
Y
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology; D001510:Bed Rest; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000502:physiology; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation