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Training induced changes in quadriceps activation during maximal eccentric contractions.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Voukelatos, Dimitrios Kirkland, Mathew Pain, Matthew T. G. |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Despite full voluntary effort, neuromuscular activation of the quadriceps group of muscles appears inhibited during eccentric contractions. A nerve stimulation protocol during dynamic contractions of the quadriceps was developed that employed triplets of supramaximal pulses to assess suppressed eccentric activation. Subsequently the effects of a short training intervention, performed on a dynamometer, on eccentric strength output and neural inhibition were examined. Torque-angular velocity (T-ω) and experimental voluntary neural drive-angular velocity (%VA-ω; %VA, obtained via the interpolated twitch technique) datasets, were obtained from pre- and post-training testing sessions. Non-linear regression fits of a seven parameter torque function and of a 3rd degree polynomial were performed on the pre- and post-training T-ω and %VA-ω datasets respectively. T-test showed a significant (p < 0.05) increase in the overall torque output post-training for the group, with three out of the six subjects demonstrating a significant (p < 0.05) increase in the torque output across the range of angular velocities as shown by the extra-sum-of-squares F-test. A significant increase (p < 0.05) in the %VA post-training was also observed as well as a reduction in the plateauing of the torque output during fast eccentric contractions. |
| Starting Page | 66 |
| Ending Page | 72 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.03.025 |
| PubMed reference number | 29576313 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 73 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.asbweb.org/conferences/2012/abstracts/140.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/bitstream/2134/32880/1/voukelatos%20et%20al%202018%20repository.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.03.025 |
| Journal | Journal of biomechanics |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |