Motor unit recruitment in the trapezius muscle with special reference to coarse arm movements.

Forsman, Mikael,1963Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology (författare)

Chronic shoulder pain is common in a variety of occupations. The "Cinderella hypothesis" suggests that the pain originates from damaged type I muscle fibres driven into degenerative processes as a result of too long activation and too short recovery time. The main purpose of this study was to investigate if the same motor units are active during all phases of coarse arm movements. Eight healthy volunteers participated in the study. Intramuscular electromyographic signals were picked up with a four-lead fine wire electrode, during a unilateral straight arm movement. The movement started with either (part 1) an abduction or a flexion, then (2) a movement in the horizontal plane from the sagittal to the frontal plane or vice versa, and finally (3) an adduction or an extension to the start position. The movement cycle was performed in three different speeds, slow, medium, and high, with one, two or five cycles per 20 s, respectively. On an average, the motor unit action potentials (MUAPs) of 6 motor units (range, 1-15) were identified per trail. In total 94% of the MUAP trains that were identified showed firings in all 3 parts of the movements. The findings support the Cinderella hypothesis, although there is a need to further investigate the temporal pattern of long-term motor unit activity.

Birch, L (författare)
Zhang, Qiuxia,1960Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för de kirurgiska disciplinerna, Avdelningen för ortopedi,Institute of Surgical Sciences, Department of Orthopaedics,University of Gothenburg(Swepub:gu)xzhanq (författare)
Kadefors, Roland,1939Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för arbetsvetenskap,Department of Work Science,University of Gothenburg(Swepub:gu)xkadro (författare)
Chalmers tekniska högskolaInstitutionen för de kirurgiska disciplinerna, Avdelningen för ortopedi (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology11:3, s. 207-161050-64111873-5711

Av författaren/redakt...: Forsman, Mikael, ...; Birch, L; Zhang, Qiuxia, 1 ...; Kadefors, Roland ...

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP: MEDICIN OCH HÄLS ...; och Klinisk medicin; och Ortopedi

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