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adductor pollicis
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adductor pollicis,
a large triangular muscle that is a powerful adductor of the thumb and opposes the thumb to the rest of the digits in gripping.


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Slower fatigue and faster recovery of the adductor pollicis muscle in women matched for strength with men.
Using the fatigue protocol described by Lewis and Fulco (1998), we have recently shown untrained women have a slower rate of inspiratory muscle fatigue than untrained men during intermittent isometric exercise (Gonzales and Scheuermann, 2006), consistent with findings in the adductor pollicis muscle (Fulco et al.
For example LI4 is located in the adductor pollicis muscle and has T1 innervation (Table 2).
 
 
 
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