Clinical trial The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how muscle weakness and atrophy develop during short periods of arm immobilization and whether a type of exercise called cross-education can help reduce these effects in women at midlife. The main questions it aims to answer are: What changes happen in the nervous system that lead to weakness when a wrist is immobilized? Can training the opposite arm help maintain muscle strength, muscle size, and nervous system function in the immobilized arm? Researchers will compare women who have their wrist immobilized with or without opposite-arm resistance training. Participants will: Wear a wrist cast on one arm for 7 days Complete strength training with the opposite arm or no training, depending on their group Attend study visits for strength and nervous system testing Have non-invasive tests (like magnetic brain stimulation, muscle recordings, and muscle imaging) to measure how the nervous system and muscle responds
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Handgrip Strength
Timeframe: Baseline, immediately post-immobilization at 1 week, and post-rehabilitation at 3 weeks.
Wrist Extension Strength
Timeframe: Baseline, immediately post-immobilization at 1 week, and post-rehabilitation at 3 weeks.
Wrist Flexion Strength
Timeframe: Baseline, immediately post-immobilization at 1 week, and post-rehabilitation at 3 weeks.