To evaluate the time-course of stretching-induced changes in mechanical properties of the muscletendon unit (MTU), 11 participants (age 22 +/- 1 yr; body mass 77 +/- 5 kg; stature 1.78 +/- 0.05 m; mean +/- SD) underwent tetanic electrical stimulations of the medial gastrocnemius muscle before and after (up to 2 h) stretching administration. During contractions, surface electromyogram (EMG), mechanomyogram (MMG) and force were recorded simultaneously. From MMG, peak-to-peak (p-p) and root mean square (RMS) were calculated during the on-phase and plateau phase of tetanic contraction, respectively. After stretching: (i) no differences were found in EMG parameters; (ii) MMG p-p and slope decreased (-16% and -10%, respectively; P < 0.05) and remained depressed for the entire recovery period; (iii) MMG RMS increased (+20%; P < 0.05), returning to pre-stretching values within 15 min; and (iv) peak force (pF), with its first (dF/dt) and second (d(2)F/dt(2)) derivative, decreased significantly by 32%, 35% and 54%, respectively, and remained depressed for the entire recovery period. The lack of MMG p-p and pF recovery could be ascribable to a reduced muscle force generating capacity due to persisting changes in viscoelastic characteristics of series elastic components. The early return of MMG RMS to pre-stretching values suggests that changes in viscoelastic parallel components recovered after few minutes.
Time course of stretching-induced changes in mechanomyogram and force characteristics / F. Esposito, E. Limonta, E. Cè. - In: JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY. - ISSN 1050-6411. - 21:5(2011 Oct), pp. 795-802.
Time course of stretching-induced changes in mechanomyogram and force characteristics
F. EspositoPrimo
;E. LimontaSecondo
;E. CèUltimo
2011
Abstract
To evaluate the time-course of stretching-induced changes in mechanical properties of the muscletendon unit (MTU), 11 participants (age 22 +/- 1 yr; body mass 77 +/- 5 kg; stature 1.78 +/- 0.05 m; mean +/- SD) underwent tetanic electrical stimulations of the medial gastrocnemius muscle before and after (up to 2 h) stretching administration. During contractions, surface electromyogram (EMG), mechanomyogram (MMG) and force were recorded simultaneously. From MMG, peak-to-peak (p-p) and root mean square (RMS) were calculated during the on-phase and plateau phase of tetanic contraction, respectively. After stretching: (i) no differences were found in EMG parameters; (ii) MMG p-p and slope decreased (-16% and -10%, respectively; P < 0.05) and remained depressed for the entire recovery period; (iii) MMG RMS increased (+20%; P < 0.05), returning to pre-stretching values within 15 min; and (iv) peak force (pF), with its first (dF/dt) and second (d(2)F/dt(2)) derivative, decreased significantly by 32%, 35% and 54%, respectively, and remained depressed for the entire recovery period. The lack of MMG p-p and pF recovery could be ascribable to a reduced muscle force generating capacity due to persisting changes in viscoelastic characteristics of series elastic components. The early return of MMG RMS to pre-stretching values suggests that changes in viscoelastic parallel components recovered after few minutes.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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