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- Bonnard, M, et al.
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Different strategies to compensate for the effects of fatigue revealed by neuromuscular adaptation processes in humans.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Neuroscience Letters. - 0304-3940 .- 1872-7972. ; 166:1, s. 101-5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- An initially submaximal hopping task was maintained with the same global power output until it became the maximal performance; since there was no decrease in performance, any change in behavior occurring with fatigue characterizes the strategies allowing to compensate for the effects of fatigue. In a prolonged hopping task, fatigue is likely to be most prominent in the ankle extensor muscles since they are the main contributors to vertical propulsion in the hop. With fatigue, all subjects landed with more flexed knees and with an increased activity in the biarticular rectus femoris muscle indicating some compensation between the knee and ankle joint. Furthermore, two different strategies appeared to further compensate for the important fatigue of the ankle extensor muscles: one was organized across joints and consisted in a heavier reliance of the knee extensor vastus lateralis, and the other was organized within the fatigued joint and consisted in an earlier preactivation of the gastrocnemius. As a consequence, two different adaptations of the ground reaction force profiles appeared at the end of the session; each being related to one of these two strategies.
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- Cresswell, A G, et al.
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Changes in intra-abdominal pressure, trunk muscle activation and force during isokinetic lifting and lowering.
- 1994
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Ingår i: European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology. - 0301-5548 .- 1432-1025. ; 68:4, s. 315-21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), force and electromyographic (EMG) activity from the abdominal (intra-muscular) and trunk extensor (surface) muscles were measured in seven male subjects during maximal and sub-maximal sagittal lifting and lowering with straight arms and legs. An isokinetic dynamometer was used to provide five constant velocities (0.12-0.96 m.s-1) of lifting (pulling against the resistance of the motor) and lowering (resisting the downward pull of the motor). For the maximal efforts, position-specific lowering force was greater than lifting force at each respective velocity. In contrast, corresponding IAPs during lowering were less than those during lifting. Highest mean force occurred during slow lowering (1547 N at 0.24 m.s-1) while highest IAP occurred during the fastest lifts (17.8 kPa at 0.48-0.96 m.s-1). Among the abdominal muscles, the highest level of activity and the best correlation to variations in IAP (r = 0.970 over velocities) was demonstrated by the transversus abdominis muscle. At each velocity the EMG activity of the primary trunk and hip extensors was less during lowering (eccentric muscle action) than lifting (concentric muscle action) despite higher levels of force (r between -0.896 and -0.851). Sub-maximal efforts resulted in IAP increasing linearly with increasing lifting or lowering force (r = 0.918 and 0.882, respectively). However, at any given force IAP was less during lowering than lifting. This difference was negated if force and IAP were expressed relative to their respective lifting and lowering maxima.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Cresswell, A G, et al.
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The effect of an abdominal muscle training program on intra-abdominal pressure.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. - 0036-5505 .- 1940-2228. ; 26:2, s. 79-86
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The effect of 10 weeks' specific abdominal strength training (resisted trunk rotations) on intra-abdominal pressure was investigated in 10 healthy males. Isometric rotational force, trunk flexor and extensor torque and intra-abdominal pressure were measured as well as intra-abdominal pressure responses to Valsalva manoeuvres, maximal pulsed pressures, drop jumps and trunk perturbations. The rotational strength increased 29.7% after training without significant change in intra-abdominal pressure. The isometric flexor strength did not change, while the extensor strength increased 11.0%. Valsalva and pulsed pressures increased 11.6 and 9.2%, respectively. The rate of intra-abdominal pressure development during pulsed pressures, drop jumps and trunk perturbations increased after training. The level of intra-abdominal pressure during the latter two tasks remained unchanged. It is concluded that an increase in strength of the trunk rotators with training improves the ability to generate higher levels of voluntarily induced intra-abdominal pressure and increases the rate of intra-abdominal pressure development during functional situations.
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- Cresswell, A G, et al.
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The influence of sudden perturbations on trunk muscle activity and intra-abdominal pressure while standing.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Experimental Brain Research. - 0014-4819 .- 1432-1106. ; 98:2, s. 336-41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Unexpected ventral and dorsal perturbations and expected, self-induced ventral perturbations were delivered to the trunk by suddenly loading a vest strapped to the torso. Six male subjects were measured for intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and intra-muscular electromyography of the transversus abdominis (TrA), obliquus internus abdominis (OI), obliquus externus abdominis (OE) and rectus abdominis (RA) muscles. Erector spinae (ES) activity was recorded using surface electromyography. Displacements of the trunk and head were registered using a video-based system. Unexpected ventral loading produced activity in TrA, OI, OE and RA, and an IAP increase well in advance of activity from ES. Expected ventral loading produced pre-activation of all muscles and an increased IAP prior to the perturbation. The TrA was always the first muscle active in both the unexpected and self-loading conditions. Of the two ventral loading conditions, forward displacement of the trunk was significantly reduced during the self-loading. Unexpected dorsal loading produced coincident activation of TrA, OI, OE, RA and ES. These results indicate a response of the trunk muscles to sudden expected and unexpected ventral loadings other than the anticipated immediate extensor torque production through ES activation. It is suggested that the increase in IAP is a mechanism designed to improve the stability of the trunk through a stiffening of the whole segment.
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- Fuchi, Tokio, et al.
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Microdialysis of rat skeletal muscle and adipose tissue : dynamics of the interstitial glucose pool.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. - 0001-6772 .- 1365-201X. ; 151:2, s. 249-60
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Microdialysis was evaluated as a method for studying glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle. Dialysis probes (0.5 x 10 mm) were perfused at 0.5 or 1.0 microliter min-1. Based upon perfusion with glucose, the muscle interstitial glucose concentration was estimated to be 6.9 +/- 0.3 mM (n = 14), which was not significantly different from the blood glucose level. With insulin infusion (1200 mU kg-1 body wt i.v.), the insulin-induced change in the glucose concentration of the interstitial space of muscle was of equal magnitude to that of blood and adipose tissue. In spite of this, when the perfusion medium was not supplemented with glucose, the glucose concentration decreased more in skeletal muscle dialysates (to 36.7 +/- 4.9% of the initial level) than in blood (to 29.7 +/- 5.0%) but less than in adipose tissue (to 17.7 +/- 4.9% of the initial level) (P < 0.05). The results indicate that these differences are due to tissue-specific differences in the dynamic balance between the supply to, and removal from, the interstitial glucose pool. This balance is revealed as a result of the constant glucose drainage by the microdialysis probe. The present results show that, in skeletal muscle, increases in glucose uptake occur with a concomitant increase in tissue blood flow as revealed by the microdialysis ethanol technique, whereas in adipose tissue the glucose uptake increases in the absence of a corresponding increase in blood flow.
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- Hassmén, Peter, et al.
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Branched-chain amino acid supplementation during 30-km competitive run : mood and cognitive performance.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.). - 0899-9007 .- 1873-1244. ; 10:5, s. 405-10
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It has been suggested that an elevated concentration of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) in specific areas of the brain may contribute to the development of central/mental fatigue during and after sustained exercise. Supplementation with branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) should prevent the exercise-induced increase in the plasma concentration ratio of free tryptophan to other large neutral amino acids (including BCAAs) and thereby prevent an elevation in the level of 5-HT in the brain. In this study, subjects were given either a mixture of BCAAs in a carbohydrate solution or a placebo drink that contained only carbohydrates during a 30-km cross-country race. Several tasks to measure cognitive performance were performed before and after the race. When subjects were supplied with BCAAs, their performance in the different parts of the color-word test (words, colors and color words) was improved by an average of 3-7% (p < 0.05) after exercise, whereas there was no difference in performance before and after exercise in the subjects who were given the placebo. Furthermore, the experimental group, supplied with BCAAs, maintained their performance in the shape-rotation and figure-identification tasks, whereas an impairment in performance in these tests by 25% (p < 0.05) and 15% (p < 0.05), respectively, was found in the subjects who received the placebo. Thus, BCAA supplementation seemed to have an effect on the more complex tasks, whereas no effect could be detected on the less demanding tasks. However, an intake of BCAAs during exercise modified only slightly the exercise-induced changes in mood.
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- Löscher, W N, et al.
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Electromyographic responses of the human triceps surae and force tremor during sustained submaximal isometric plantar flexion.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. - 0001-6772 .- 1365-201X. ; 152:1, s. 73-82
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The objective was to investigate electromyographic activity (EMG) and isometric force tremor (IFT) changes during a sustained sub-maximal isometric contraction in two muscles acting upon the same joint but differing in muscle fibre composition. Surface and intra-muscular EMG activity from the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles and IFT were recorded during an exhausting isometric plantar flexion (30% of maximal voluntary contraction). Surface EMG amplitude (RMS) of both gastrocnemius and soleus muscles increased significantly over time. Gastrocnemius EMG RMS increased in a non-linear fashion while soleus EMG RMS increased linearly. A significant linear decrease of surface EMG mean power frequency (MPF) was observed over time for both muscles. The decrease in gastrocnemius MPF was significantly greater than that for soleus. Intra-muscular EMG results showed similar trends. Correlations of intramuscular EMG RMS and MPF with time were, however, characterized by lower correlation coefficients than those from the surface EMG. Isometric force tremor RMS significantly increased non-linearly with duration of contraction, while IFT MPF showed a significant linear decrease with time. Changes in surface EMG RMS were correlated to changes seen in IFT RMS, in particular, for the predominantly fast twitch gastrocnemius muscle. Correlation coefficients of surface EMG MPF and IFT MPF were lower than RMS correlations. The associated changes in IFT and EMG with fatigue indicate alterations in motor unit firing rate, recruitment and synchronization. The muscle specificity of the EMG and IFT changes suggests a coupling to muscle fibre type composition, although differences in the relative force contribution of each muscle could also affect the results.
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- Seger, Jan, et al.
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Muscle strength and myoelectric activity in prepubertal and adult males and females.
- 1994
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Ingår i: European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology. - 0301-5548 .- 1432-1025. ; 69, s. 81-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The compare children and adults of both genders with respect to torque-velocity, electromyogram (EMG)-velocity and torque-EMG relationships during maximal voluntary knee extensor muscle actions. Four groups of purpose of this investigation was to ten subjects each were studied comprising 11-year-old girls and boys and female and male physical education students (22-35 years). Maximal voluntary eccentric (lengthening) and concentric (shortening) actions of the knee extensors were performed at the constant velocities of 45, 90 and 180 degrees.s-1. Average values for torque and EMG activity, recorded by surface electrodes from the quadriceps muscle, were taken for the mid 40 degrees of the 80 degrees range of motion. The overall shapes of the torque- and EMG-velocity relationships were similar for all four groups, showing effects of velocity under concentric (torque decrease and EMG increase) but not under eccentric conditions. Eccentric torques were always greater than velocity-matched concentric ones, whereas the eccentric EMG values were lower than the concentric ones at corresponding velocities. Torque output per unit EMG activity was clearly higher for eccentric than for concentric conditions and the difference was of similar magnitude for all groups. Thus, the torque-EMG-velocity relationships would appear to have been largely independent of gender and to be fully developed at a prepubertal age.
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- Tveit, P, et al.
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Erector spinae lever arm length variations with changes in spinal curvature.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Spine. - 0362-2436 .- 1528-1159. ; 19:2, s. 199-204
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Magnetic resonance imaging was used to study the effect of different curvatures in the lumbar spine on lever arm lengths of the erector spinae musculature. Eleven subjects were instructed to simulate static lifts while lying supine in a magnetic resonance camera with the lumbar spine either in kyphosis or lordosis. A sagittal image of the spine was obtained to analyze the lumbosacral angle and to guide the imaging of transverse sections through each disc (L1/L2 to L5/S1). Images were analyzed for lever arm lengths of the erector spinae muscle (ES) and the erector spinae aponeurosis (ESA), the latter functioning as a tendon for superiorly positioned ES muscle portions. The lumbosacral angle (between superior surfaces of S1 and L4) averaged 44 degrees in the lordosed, 26 degrees in the kyphosed and 41 degrees in a neutral supine position. In lordosis, the lever arm lengths were significantly longer than in kyphosis for all levels, averaging 60-63 mm (ES) and 82-86 mm (ESA). The corresponding values for kyphosis were 49-57 mm (ES) and 67-77 mm (ESA), respectively. Thus, there was a considerable effect (10-24%) of lumbar curvature on lever arm lengths for the back extensor muscles. The change in leverage will affect the need for extensor muscle force and thus the magnitude of compression in the lumbar spine in loading situations such as lifting.
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