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Arieta LR, Smith ZH, Paluch AE, Kent JA. Effects of older age on contraction-induced intramyocellular acidosis and inorganic phosphate accumulation in vivo: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0308336. [PMID: 39321147 PMCID: PMC11424002 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/27/2024] Open
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Although it is clear that the bioenergetic basis of skeletal muscle fatigue (transient decrease in peak torque or power in response to contraction) involves intramyocellular acidosis (decreased pH) and accumulation of inorganic phosphate (Pi) in response to the increased energy demand of contractions, the effects of old age on the build-up of these metabolites has not been evaluated systematically. The purpose of this study was to compare pH and [Pi] in young (18-45 yr) and older (55+ yr) human skeletal muscle in vivo at the end of standardized contraction protocols. Full study details were prospectively registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022348972). PubMed, Web of Science, and SPORTDiscus databases were systematically searched and returned 12 articles that fit the inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis. Participant characteristics, contraction mode (isometric, dynamic), and final pH and [Pi] were extracted. A random-effects model was used to calculate the mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for pH and [Pi] across age groups. A subgroup analysis for contraction mode was also performed. Young muscle acidified more than older muscle (MD = -0.12 pH; 95%CI = -0.18,-0.06; p<0.01). There was no overall difference by age in final [Pi] (MD = 2.14 mM; 95%CI = -0.29,4.57; p = 0.08), although sensitivity analysis revealed that removing one study resulted in greater [Pi] in young than older muscle (MD = 3.24 mM; 95%CI = 1.72,4.76; p<0.01). Contraction mode moderated these effects (p = 0.02) such that young muscle acidified (MD = -0.19 pH; 95%CI = -0.27,-0.11; p<0.01) and accumulated Pi (MD = 4.69 mM; 95%CI = 2.79,6.59; p<0.01) more than older muscle during isometric, but not dynamic, contractions. The smaller energetic perturbation in older muscle indicated by these analyses is consistent with its relatively greater use of oxidative energy production. During dynamic contractions, elimination of this greater reliance on oxidative energy production and consequently lower metabolite accumulations in older muscle may be important for understanding task-specific, age-related differences in fatigue.
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- Luke R. Arieta
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States of America
- Institute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States of America
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Hunter SK, Senefeld JW. Sex differences in human performance. J Physiol 2024; 602:4129-4156. [PMID: 39106346 DOI: 10.1113/jp284198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/09/2024] Open
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Sex as a biological variable is an underappreciated aspect of biomedical research, with its importance emerging in more recent years. This review assesses the current understanding of sex differences in human physical performance. Males outperform females in many physical capacities because they are faster, stronger and more powerful, particularly after male puberty. This review highlights key sex differences in physiological and anatomical systems (generally conferred via sex steroids and puberty) that contribute to these sex differences in human physical performance. Specifically, we address the effects of the primary sex steroids that affect human physical development, discuss insight gained from an observational study of 'real-world data' and elite athletes, and highlight the key physiological mechanisms that contribute to sex differences in several aspects of physical performance. Physiological mechanisms discussed include those for the varying magnitude of the sex differences in performance involving: (1) absolute muscular strength and power; (2) fatigability of limb muscles as a measure of relative performance; and (3) maximal aerobic power and endurance. The profound sex-based differences in human performance involving strength, power, speed and endurance, and that are largely attributable to the direct and indirect effects of sex-steroid hormones, sex chromosomes and epigenetics, provide a scientific rationale and framework for policy decisions on sex-based categories in sports during puberty and adulthood. Finally, we highlight the sex bias and problem in human performance research of insufficient studies and information on females across many areas of biology and physiology, creating knowledge gaps and opportunities for high-impact studies.
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- Sandra K Hunter
- Movement Science Program, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Hirata K, Ito M, Nomura Y, Kawashima C, Yoshida T, Yamada Y, Tillin NA, Power GA, Akagi R. Home-based resistance training performed at either fast or slow speeds improves power output in older adults. Exp Gerontol 2024; 190:112430. [PMID: 38608793 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2024.112430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 04/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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PURPOSE We investigated the effect of an unsupervised, body mass- home-based resistance training program in older adults performed at either a fast or slow contractile speed on changes to muscle-power, -volume, -architecture, and fatigue resistance of the knee extensors. METHODS Thirty-two male older adults (age 65-88 years) were separated into 1) fast-speed exercise (Fast-group), 2) slow-speed exercise (Slow-group), and 3) no exercise (Control-group) groups. Participants in the exercise groups performed 30-45 repetitions of knee-extension and sit-to-stand exercises 3 times a week for 8 weeks with different exercise speed between the groups. Before and after the intervention period, the following variables were measured: Isotonic power, isometric strength, twitch contractile properties, muscle-activity, -architecture, and -quality, neuromuscular fatigue resistance of the knee extensors, and thigh muscle volume. RESULTS Peak power was increased in both the Fast-group (+24 %, P < 0.01, d = 0.65) and Slow-group (+12 %, P < 0.05, d = 0.33) but not in the Control-group. Training increased pennation angle of the vastus lateralis in both the Fast-group (+8 %, P < 0.01, d = 0.42) and Slow-group (+8 %, P < 0.01, d = 0.42), while only the Fast-group showed increase in pennation angle of the rectus femoris (+12 %, P < 0.01, d = 0.64) and thigh muscle volume (+16 %, P < 0.01, d = 0.52). There was no time × group interaction effect for the other neuromuscular measures. CONCLUSIONS Unsupervised, body mass- and home-based resistance training performed at either fast or slow speeds can improve muscle power in older adults, while fast-speed exercise may be preferable over slow-speed owing to the relatively greater improvement of muscle-power, -volume, -architecture, and better time efficiency.
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- Kosuke Hirata
- Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Airweave Inc., Nukata-gun, Aichi, Japan; Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan
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- College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physical Activity Research, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Settsu-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physical Activity Research, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Settsu-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Graduate School of Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan; College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama-shi, Saitama, Japan.
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Davico G, Labanca L, Gennarelli I, Benedetti MG, Viceconti M. Towards a comprehensive biomechanical assessment of the elderly combining in vivo data and in silico methods. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1356417. [PMID: 38770274 PMCID: PMC11102974 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1356417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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The aging process is commonly accompanied by a general or specific loss of muscle mass, force and/or function that inevitably impact on a person's quality of life. To date, various clinical tests and assessments are routinely performed to evaluate the biomechanical status of an individual, to support and inform the clinical management and decision-making process (e.g., to design a tailored rehabilitation program). However, these assessments (e.g., gait analysis or strength measures on a dynamometer) are typically conducted independently from one another or at different time points, providing clinicians with valuable yet fragmented information. We hereby describe a comprehensive protocol that combines both in vivo measurements (maximal voluntary isometric contraction test, superimposed neuromuscular electrical stimulation, electromyography, gait analysis, magnetic resonance imaging, and clinical measures) and in silico methods (musculoskeletal modeling and simulations) to enable the full characterization of an individual from the biomechanical standpoint. The protocol, which requires approximately 4 h and 30 min to be completed in all its parts, was tested on twenty healthy young participants and five elderlies, as a proof of concept. The implemented data processing and elaboration procedures allowing for the extraction of several biomechanical parameters (including muscle volumes and cross-sectional areas, muscle activation and co-contraction levels) are thoroughly described to enable replication. The main parameters extracted are reported as mean and standard deviation across the two populations, to highlight the potential of the proposed approach and show some preliminary findings (which were in agreement with previous literature).
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- Giorgio Davico
- Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Medical Technology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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Yoshiko A, Shiozawa K, Niwa S, Takahashi H, Koike T, Watanabe K, Katayama K, Akima H. Association of skeletal muscle oxidative capacity with muscle function, sarcopenia-related exercise performance, and intramuscular adipose tissue in older adults. GeroScience 2024; 46:2715-2727. [PMID: 38153667 PMCID: PMC10828458 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-023-01043-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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Muscle function and exercise performance measures, such as muscle endurance capacity, maximal strength, chair stand score, gait speed, and Timed Up and Go score, are evaluated to diagnose sarcopenia and frailty in older individuals. Furthermore, intramuscular adipose tissue (IntraMAT) content increases with age. Skeletal muscle oxidative capacity determines muscle metabolism and maintains muscle performance. This study aimed to investigate the association of skeletal muscle oxidative capacity with muscle function, exercise performance, and IntraMAT content in older individuals. Thirteen older men and women participated in this study. Skeletal muscle oxidative capacity was assessed by the recovery speed of muscle oxygen saturation after exercise using near-infrared spectroscopy from the medial gastrocnemius. We assessed two muscle functions, peak torque and time to task failure, and four sarcopenia-related exercise performances: handgrip strength, gait speed, 30-s chair stand, and Timed Up and Go. The IntraMAT content was measured using axial magnetic resonance imaging. The results showed a relationship between skeletal muscle oxidative capacity and gait speed but not with muscle functions and other exercise performance measures. Skeletal muscle oxidative capacity was not related to IntraMAT content. Skeletal muscle oxidative capacity, which may be indicative of the capacity of muscle energy production in the mitochondria, is related to locomotive functions but not to other functional parameters or skeletal fat infiltration.
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- Akito Yoshiko
- Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chukyo University, Toyota, Japan.
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- Department of Exercise and Sports Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- School of Health and Sport Sciences, Chukyo University, Toyota, Japan
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- Department of Exercise and Sports Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Martins FM, Santagnello SB, de Oliveira Junior GN, de Sousa JDFR, Michelin MA, Nomelini RS, Murta EFC, Orsatti FL. Lower-Body Resistance Training Reduces Interleukin-1β and Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Levels and Fatigue and Increases Physical Performance in Breast Cancer Survivors. J Strength Cond Res 2023; 37:439-451. [PMID: 36696263 DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000004270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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ABSTRACT Martins, FM, Santagnello, SB, de Oliveira Junior, GN, de Sousa, JdFR, Michelin, MA, Nomelini, RS, Murta, EFC, and Orsatti, FL. Lower-body resistance training reduces interleukin-1β and transforming growth factor-β1 levels and fatigue and increases physical performance in breast cancer survivors. J Strength Cond Res 37(2): 439-451, 2023-This article ascertains whether resistance training (RT) improves inflammatory markers, fatigue (sensations and fatigability), and physical performance in breast cancer survivors (BCS) and investigates whether the changes in the inflammatory markers, fatigue, and physical performance are associated with each other. Volunteers were randomly divided into 2 groups: control group (n = 11) and RT group (n = 11). Resistance training (3 sets of 8-12 repetitions with 80% 1 repetition maximum (1RM) on 4 exercises-leg extension, leg curl, 45° leg press, and calf raise) was performed 3 times a week for 12 weeks. Self-reported fatigue (SRF), fatigability (critical torque [CT] and W prime [W']), muscle strength, and circulating inflammatory markers were assessed using the Brief Fatigue Inventory, iDXA, 1RM test, protocol of 60 maximal voluntary isometric contractions, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, respectively. Resistance training reduced interleukin (IL)-1β, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, and SRF score and increased muscle strength, 6-minute walk test (6MWT), CT, and W'. In the RT group, the changes in SRF were positively associated with the changes in IL-1β. The changes in muscle strength were associated with the changes in CT and W', and the changes in the 6MWT were associated with the changes in CT, W', muscle strength, and SRF. Resistance training improved fatigue and physical performance and reduced IL-1β, and TGF-β1 in BCS. Although improvement in fatigability seems to be dependent on the increase in muscle strength, improvement in the sensation of fatigue seems to be dependent on the reduction in IL-1β after RT. Increase in physical performance seems to be dependent on improvement in muscle strength and fatigue.
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- Fernanda Maria Martins
- Research Applied Physiology, Exercise Biology Research Group (BioEx), Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Research Applied Physiology, Exercise Biology Research Group (BioEx), Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Research Applied Physiology, Exercise Biology Research Group (BioEx), Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Research Institute of Oncology (IPON) and Gynecology and Obstetrics Course, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil ; and
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- Research Institute of Oncology (IPON) and Gynecology and Obstetrics Course, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil ; and
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- Research Institute of Oncology (IPON) and Gynecology and Obstetrics Course, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil ; and
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- Research Applied Physiology, Exercise Biology Research Group (BioEx), Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Department of Sport Sciences, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Tian Y, Shi Z. Effects of Physical Activity on Daily Physical Function in Chinese Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study from CHARLS. J Clin Med 2022; 11:6514. [PMID: 36362742 PMCID: PMC9658300 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11216514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 08/16/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Impaired daily physical function has become a common health problem among Chinese middle-aged and elderly people. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of physical activity on daily physical function in Chinese middle-aged and older adults. METHODS Data from 9056 participants in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011 to 2018 were included in this study. Physical activity levels were expressed as metabolic equivalents, and the impairment of daily physical function was determined in a self-reported format by the Activities of Daily Living Scale and the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale. The association between different levels of physical activity and impaired daily physical function was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression models. RESULTS During a mean follow-up period of 6.73 years, 1379 middle-aged and older adults had impaired physical function. After adjusting for all covariates, participants with a physical activity volume (PAV) ≥ 600 MET-minutes/week had a 61% lower risk of impaired daily physical function than those who were physically inactive (HR = 0.39, 95% CI 0.35-0.44). Participants with a PAV of 1800-2999 MET-minutes/week had the lowest risk of impaired daily physical function (HR = 0.33, 95% CI 0.26-0.42). Subgroup analysis showed that participants with a PAV ≥ 600 MET-minutes/week had a greater reduction in the risk of impaired daily physical function among participants who were male, older than or equal to 65 years, and without respiratory disease compared to participants who were physically inactive. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that a PAV ≥ 600 MET-minutes/week could reduce the risk of impaired daily physical function in Chinese middle-aged and elderly people. However, a higher PAV is not better; a PAV in the range of 1800-2999 MET-minutes/week can be more effective in preventing daily physical function impairment in Chinese middle-aged and elderly people.
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- School of Physical Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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Harper SA, Thompson BJ. Interaction between age and fatigue on antagonist muscle coactivation during an acute post-fatigue recovery phase. FRONTIERS IN AGING 2022; 3:1005080. [PMID: 36263146 PMCID: PMC9574075 DOI: 10.3389/fragi.2022.1005080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study investigated the age-related changes in antagonist muscle coactivation of the biceps femoris (BF) during an acute recovery period following a leg extensor fatiguing protocol. Twenty-three young (mean ± SD: age = 25.1 ± 3.0 years) and twenty-three old men (age = 71.5 ± 3.9 years) participated. Surface electromyography (sEMG) was recorded from the BF muscles for antagonist muscle coactivation. Testing involved participants performing leg extension isometric maximal voluntary contractions (MVCs) and isokinetic MVCs at 240°·s-1 at baseline (Pre) and again after the fatigue protocol at 0 (Post0), 7 (Post7), 15 (Post15), and 30 (Post30) minutes post fatigue. Root mean square (RMS) values were computed from the BF sEMG and were calculated as the first 200 ms from onset for the isometric (IsomCoact200ms) and dynamic isokinetic 240°·s-1 (DynCoact200ms) MVCs, and for the final 10° of the leg extension (DynCoact10°) on the isokinetic 240°·s-1 MVCs. Two-way ANOVAs [age group (young vs. old) × time (Pre vs. Post0 vs. Post7 vs. Post15 vs. Post30)] showed that DynCoact200ms had an effect for time (p = 0.018), with greater antagonist coactivation in Pre than Post0 (p = 0.009) and recovering by Post7 (p = 0.011) with no group differences. DynCoact10° had no age × time interaction (p = 0.070), but had a main effect for time (p = 0.020) with the Post0 being lower than the Pre. However, for this variable the young group showed a more severe Pre to Post0 fatigue decline (-45.9%) than the old group (-6.7%) indicating this may be a more sensitive variable for capturing age-related antagonist coactivation post-fatigue responses. Leg extensor fatigue affects some BF coactivation sEMG variables more than others, and any altered post-fatigue coactivation response recovers rapidly (<7 min) from baseline levels.
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- Sara A. Harper
- Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States,Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence, Dennis Dolny Movement Research Clinic, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States,Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence, Dennis Dolny Movement Research Clinic, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States,*Correspondence: Brennan J. Thompson,
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Paris MT, McNeil CJ, Power GA, Rice CL, Dalton BH. Age-related performance fatigability: a comprehensive review of dynamic tasks. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2022; 133:850-866. [PMID: 35952347 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00319.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adult ageing is associated with a myriad of changes within the neuromuscular system, leading to reductions in contractile function of old adults. One of the consequences of these age-related neuromuscular adaptations is altered performance fatigability, which can limit the ability of old adults to perform activities of daily living. Whereas age-related fatigability of isometric tasks has been well characterized, considerably less is known about fatigability of old adults during dynamic tasks involving movement about a joint, which provides a more functionally relevant task compared to static contractions. This review provides a comprehensive summary of age-related fatigability in dynamic contractions, where the importance of task specificity is highlighted with a brief discussion of the potential mechanisms responsible for differences in fatigability between young and old adults. The angular velocity of the task is critical for evaluating age-related fatigability, as tasks which constrain angular velocity (i.e., isokinetic) produce equivocal age-related differences in fatigability, whereas tasks involving unconstrained velocity (i.e., isotonic-like) consistently induce greater fatigability of old compared to young adults. These unconstrained velocity tasks, that are more closely associated with natural movements, offer an excellent model to uncover the underlying age-related mechanisms of increased fatigability. Future work evaluating the mechanisms of increased age-related fatigability of dynamic tasks should be evaluated using task-specific contractions (i.e., dynamic), particularly for assessment of spinal and supra-spinal components. Advancing our understanding of age-related fatigability is likely to yield novel insights and approaches for improving mobility limitations in old adults.
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- Michael T Paris
- School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- School of Health and Exercise Science, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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Colosio M, Rasica L, Baldassarre G, Temesi J, Vernillo G, Marzorati M, Porcelli S. Performance fatigability and recovery after dynamic multi-joint maximal exercise in elbow flexors versus knee extensors. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2022; 323:R300-R309. [PMID: 35759521 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00173.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Elbow flexors (EF) and knee extensors (KE) have shown differences in performance fatigability and recovery of neuromuscular function after isometric and isotonic single-joint fatiguing contractions. However, dynamic multi-joint movements are more representative of real-world activities. The aim of the study was to assess central and peripheral mechanisms of fatigability after either arm-cranking or cycling. Ten physically-active men performed maximal incremental arm-cranking and cycling until task-failure. Maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) and electrically-evoked forces of both EF and KE were assessed before (PRE) and 1 (POST) and 20 (POST20) min after exercise. At POST, MVIC decreased similarly to 76 ± 8% and 81 ± 7% (both P < 0.001) of PRE for EF and KE, respectively. MVIC force remained lower than PRE at POST20 for both EF and KE (85 ± 8% vs. 95 ± 3% of PRE, P ≤ 0.033), having recovered less in EF than KE (P = 0.003). Electrically-evoked forces decreased similarly from PRE to POST in EF and KE (all P > 0.05). At POST20, the ratio of low-to-high frequency doublets was lowerin EF than KE (75 ± 13% vs. 85 ± 10% of PRE; P ≤ 0.034). Dynamic maximal incremental exercise acutely induced similar magnitudes of MVIC and evoked forces loss in EF and KE. However, at POST20, impaired MVIC recovery and lower ratio of low-to-high frequency doublets in EF compared to KE suggests the recovery of neuromuscular function after dynamic maximal exercises is specific to and dependent on changes within the muscles investigated.
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, grid.22072.35University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, grid.5390.fUniversità degli Studi di Milano, Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, grid.42629.3bNorthumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Institue of Biomedical Technologies, grid.5326.2National Research Council, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, grid.8982.bUniversity of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Trade-Off Between Maximal Power Output and Fatigue Resistance of the Knee Extensors for Older Men. J Aging Phys Act 2022; 30:1003-1013. [PMID: 35453123 DOI: 10.1123/japa.2021-0384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study investigated associations of fatigue resistance determined by an exercise-induced decrease in neuromuscular power with prefatigue neuromuscular strength and power of the knee extensors in 31 older men (65-88 years). A fatigue task consisted of 50 consecutive maximal effort isotonic knee extensions (resistance: 20% of prefatigue isometric maximal voluntary contraction torque) over a 70° range of motion. The average of the peak power values calculated from the 46th to 50th contractions during the fatigue task was normalized to the prefatigue peak power value, which was defined as neuromuscular fatigue resistance. Neuromuscular fatigue resistance was negatively associated with prefatigue maximal power output (r = -.530) but not with prefatigue maximal voluntary contraction torque (r = -.252). This result highlights a trade-off between prefatigue maximal power output and neuromuscular fatigue resistance, implying that an improvement in maximal power output might have a negative impact on neuromuscular fatigue resistance.
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Nasiri R, Aftabi H, Ahmadabadi MN. Human-in-the-Loop Weight Compensation in Upper Limb Wearable Robots Towards Total Muscles’ Effort Minimization. IEEE Robot Autom Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1109/lra.2022.3144519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Dominelli PB, Molgat-Seon Y. Sex, gender and the pulmonary physiology of exercise. Eur Respir Rev 2022; 31:31/163/210074. [PMID: 35022254 PMCID: PMC9488949 DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0074-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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In this review, we detail how the pulmonary system's response to exercise is impacted by both sex and gender in healthy humans across the lifespan. First, the rationale for why sex and gender differences should be considered is explored, and then anatomical differences are highlighted, namely that females typically have smaller lungs and airways than males. Thereafter, we describe how these anatomical differences can impact functional aspects such as respiratory muscle energetics and activation, mechanical ventilatory constraints, diaphragm fatigue, and pulmonary gas exchange in healthy adults and children. Finally, we detail how gender can impact the pulmonary response to exercise. Biological sex can influence the pulmonary response to exercise in healthy individuals across the lifespanhttps://bit.ly/3ejMDrv
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- Dept of Kinesiology and Applied Health, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Centre for Heart and Lung Innovation, Providence Health Care Research Institute, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Ha PL, Peters WB, McGeehan MA, Dalton BH. Age-related reduction in peak power and increased postural displacement variability are related to enhanced vestibular-evoked balance responses in females. Exp Gerontol 2022; 160:111670. [PMID: 35026336 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Adult aging is associated with reductions in muscle function and standing balance control. However, whether sensorimotor function adapts to maintain upright posture in the presence of age-related muscle weakness is unclear. The purpose was to determine whether vestibular control of balance is altered in older compared to younger females and whether vestibular-evoked balance responses are related to muscle power. Eight young (22.6 ± 1.8 years) and eight older (69.7 ± 6.7 years) females stood quietly on a force plate, while subjected to random, continuous electrical vestibular stimulation (EVS; 0-20 Hz, root mean square amplitude: 1.13 mA). Medial gastrocnemius (MG) and tibialis anterior (TA) surface electromyography (EMG) and force plate anterior-posterior (AP) forces were sampled and associated with the EVS signal in the frequency and time domains. Knee extensor function was evaluated using a Biodex multi-joint dynamometer. The weaker, less powerful older females exhibited a 99 and 42% greater medium-latency peak amplitude for the TA and AP force (p < 0.05), respectively, but no other differences were detected for short- and medium-latency peak amplitudes. The TA (<10 Hz) and MG (<4 Hz) EVS-EMG coherence and EVS-AP force coherence (<2 Hz) was greater in older females than young. A strong correlation was detected for AP force medium-latency peak amplitude with center of pressure displacement variability (r = 0.75; p < 0.05) and TA medium-latency peak amplitude (r = 0.86; p < 0.05). Power was negatively correlated with AP force medium-latency peak amplitude (r = -0.47; p < 0.05). Taken together, an increased vestibular control of balance may compensate for an age-related reduction in power and accompanies greater postural instability in older females than young.
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- Phuong L Ha
- School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
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- Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
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- School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States.
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Ryan ED, Laffan MR, Trivisonno AJ, Gerstner GR, Mota JA, Giuliani HK, Pietrosimone BG. Neuromuscular determinants of simulated occupational performance in career firefighters. APPLIED ERGONOMICS 2022; 98:103555. [PMID: 34425517 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Although firefighters are required to perform various high-intensity critically essential tasks, the influence of neuromuscular function on firefighter occupational performance is unclear. The primary aim of the current study was to identify the key neuromuscular determinants of stair climb (SC) performance in firefighters. METHODS Leg extension isometric peak torque (PT), peak power (PP), torque steadiness at 10% (Steadiness10%) and 50% (Steadiness50%) of PT, fatigability following 30 repeated isotonic concentric contractions at 40% of PT, percent body fat (%BF), and a weighted and timed SC task were examined in 41 (age: 32.3 ± 8.2 yrs; %BF: 24.1 ± 7.9%) male career firefighters. RESULTS Faster SC times (74.7 ± 13.4 s) were associated with greater PT and PP, less fatigability, younger age, and lower %BF (r = -0.530-0.629; P ≤ 0.014), but not Steadiness10% or Steadiness50% (P ≥ 0.193). Stepwise regression analyses indicated that PP and Steadiness50% were the strongest predictors of SC time (R2 = 0.442, P < 0.001). However, when age and %BF were included in the model, these variables became the only significant predictors of SC time (R2 = 0.521, P < 0.001) due to age and %BF being collectively associated with all the neuromuscular variables (excluding Steadiness10%). CONCLUSIONS Lower extremity neuromuscular function, specifically PP and steadiness, and %BF are important modifiable predictors of firefighter SC performance, which becomes increasingly important in aging firefighters.
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- Eric D Ryan
- Neuromuscular Assessment Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Human Movement Science Curriculum University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Allied Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Neuromuscular Assessment Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Human Movement Sciences Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA; North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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- Neuromuscular Assessment Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Human Movement Science Curriculum University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Neuromuscular Assessment Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Human Movement Science Curriculum University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Allied Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Labanca L, Rocchi JE, Carta N, Giannini S, Macaluso A. NMES superimposed on movement is equally effective as heavy slow resistance training in patellar tendinopathy. JOURNAL OF MUSCULOSKELETAL & NEURONAL INTERACTIONS 2022; 22:474-485. [PMID: 36458385 PMCID: PMC9716305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of an 8-week training protocol, based on neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps, which was superimposed onto voluntary exercise (NMES+), in comparison to a traditional heavy slow resistance training (HSRT), in individuals with patellar tendinopathy. METHODS Thirty-two physically active participants, aged: 33.6±10.2 years, were divided into two groups: NMES+ or HSRT. Maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) of knee extensor and flexor muscles, power during a countermovement jump (CMJ), and VISA-p questionnaire scores were recorded at the start(T0), 2-weeks(T1), 4-weeks(T2), 6-weeks(T3), 8-weeks(T4) and 4-months post-training (T5). Knee pain and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) were recorded at each training session with a 0-10 scale. RESULTS Knee pain was significantly lower in NMES+ compared to HSRT during all training sessions. No significant between-group differences were found for VISA-p scores and forces recorded during MVICs at T0,T1,T2,T3,T4 and T5. A significant increase of VISA-p and peak forces during MVIC was recorded across-time in both groups. No significant between-group or across-time differences were found for RPE and CMJ parameters. CONCLUSIONS NMES+ and HSRT were equally effective in decreasing tendinopathy symptoms and increasing strength, with NMES+ having the advantage to be a pain-free resistance training modality.
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- Luciana Labanca
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy,Corresponding author: Luciana Labanca, PhD, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Piazza Lauro De Bosis 6, 00135, Roma, Italy E-mail:
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- Villa Stuart Sport Clinic-FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Rome, Italy
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- Villa Stuart Sport Clinic-FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy,Villa Stuart Sport Clinic-FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Rome, Italy
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Wu R, De Vito G, Lowery MM, O'Callaghan B, Ditroilo M. Age-related fatigability in knee extensors and knee flexors during dynamic fatiguing contractions. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2021; 62:102626. [PMID: 34998161 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2021.102626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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This study investigated the effects of dynamic knee extension and flexion fatiguing task on torque and neuromuscular responses in young and older individuals. Eighteen young (8 males; 25.1 ± 3.2 years) and 17 older (8 males; 69.7 ± 3.7 years) volunteered. Following a maximal voluntary isometric contraction test, participants performed a fatiguing task involving 22 maximal isokinetic (concentric) knee extension and flexion contractions at 60°/s, while surface EMG was recorded simultaneously from the knee extensors (KE) and flexors (KF). Fatigue-induced relative torque reductions were similar between age groups for KE (peak torque decrease: 25.15% vs 26.81%); however, KF torque was less affected in older individuals (young vs older peak torque decrease: 27.6% vs 11.5%; p < 0.001) and this was associated with greater increase in hamstring EMG amplitude (p < 0.001) and hamstrings/quadriceps peak torque ratio (p < 0.01). Furthermore, KE was more fatigable than KF only among older individuals (peak torque decrease: 26.8% vs 11.5%; p < 0.001). These findings showed that the age-related fatigue induced by a dynamic task was greater for the KE, with greater age-related decline in KE compared to KF.
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- Rui Wu
- School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Biomedical Sciences Department, Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory, University of Padova, Italy
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- School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Delgadillo JD, Sundberg CW, Kwon M, Hunter SK. Fatigability of the knee extensor muscles during high-load fast and low-load slow resistance exercise in young and older adults. Exp Gerontol 2021; 154:111546. [PMID: 34492255 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Resistance exercise training is a cornerstone in preventing age-related declines in muscle mass and strength, and fatigability of limb muscle is important to this adaptive response. It is unknown, however, whether fatigability and the underlying mechanisms differ between different resistance exercise protocols in young and older adults. The purpose of this study was to quantify the fatigability of the knee extensors and identify the mechanisms in 20 young (22.2 ± 1.3 yr, 10 women) and 20 older adults (73.8 ± 5.4 yr, 10 women) elicited by a single session of high- and low-load resistance exercise. One leg completed a high-load protocol with contractions performed as fast as possible (HL-fast, ~80% 1 Repetition Max, 1RM), and the contralateral leg a low-load protocol performed with slow contractions (LL-slow, ~30% 1RM, 6 s concentric, 6 s eccentric). Each exercise involved four sets of eight repetitions. Before and immediately following each set, maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVC) were performed, and voluntary activation and contractile properties quantified using electrical stimulation. The reduction in MVC was greater following the LL-slow (20%) than the HL-fast (12%, P = 0.004), with no age or sex differences. Similarly, the reduction in the amplitude of the involuntary electrically-evoked twitch was greater in the LL-slow (14%) than the HL-fast (7%, P = 0.014) and correlated with the reduction in MVC (r = 0.546, P < 0.001), whereas voluntary activation decreased only for the LL-slow protocol (5%, P < 0.001). Thus, low-load resistance exercise with slow contractions induced greater fatigability within the muscle than a more traditional high-load resistance protocol for both young and older men and women.
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- Jose D Delgadillo
- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Athletic and Human Performance Research Center, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Department of Kinesiology & Health Promotion, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Athletic and Human Performance Research Center, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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Senefeld JW, Keenan KG, Ryan KS, D'Astice SE, Negro F, Hunter SK. Greater fatigability and motor unit discharge variability in human type 2 diabetes. Physiol Rep 2021; 8:e14503. [PMID: 32633071 PMCID: PMC7379048 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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This study determined the discharge characteristics of motor units from two lower limb muscles before and after fatiguing exercise in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with no symptoms of polyneuropathy and activity‐matched controls. Seventeen people with T2D (65.0 ± 5.6 years; 8 women) and 17 controls (63.6 ± 4.5 years; 8 women) performed: (a) intermittent, isometric contractions at 50% maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) sustained to failure with the ankle dorsiflexors, and (b) a dynamic fatiguing task (30% MVIC load) for 6 min with the knee extensors. Before and after the fatiguing tasks, motor unit characteristics (including coefficient of variation (CV) of interspike intervals (ISI)) were quantified from high‐density electromyography and muscle contractile properties were assessed via electrical stimulation. Fatigability was ~50% greater for people with T2D than controls for the dorsiflexors (time‐to‐failure: 7.3 ± 4.1 vs. 14.3 ± 9.1 min, p = .010) and knee extensors (power reduction: 56.7 ± 11.9 vs. 31.5 ± 25.5%, p < .001). The CV of ISI was greater for the T2D than control group for the tibialis anterior (23.1 ± 11.0 vs. 21.3 ± 10.7%, p < .001) and vastus lateralis (27.8 ± 20.2 vs. 24.5 ± 16.1%, p = .011), but these differences did not change after the fatiguing exercises. People with T2D had greater reductions in the electrically evoked twitch amplitude of the dorsiflexors (8.5 ± 5.1 vs. 4.0 ± 3.4%·min‐1, p = .013) and knee extensors (49.1 ± 10.0 vs. 31.8 ± 15.9%, p = .004) than controls. Although motor unit activity was more variable in people with T2D than controls, the greater fatigability of the T2D group for lower limb muscles was due to mechanisms involving disruption of contractile function of the exercising muscles rather than motor unit behavior.
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- Jonathon W Senefeld
- Exercise Science Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Center for Aging and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Exercise Science Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Exercise Science Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Exercise Science Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Varesco G, Royer N, Singh B, Parent A, Féasson L, Lapole T, Millet GY, Rozand V. Reliability and agreement of a dynamic quadriceps incremental test for the assessment of neuromuscular function. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2020; 56:102503. [PMID: 33248368 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2020.102503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The quadriceps-intermittent-fatigue (QIF) test assesses knee extensors strength, endurance and performance fatigability in isometric condition. We aimed to assess reliability and agreement for this test in dynamic conditions and with the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation. On two separate sessions, 20 young adults (25 ± 4 yr, 10 women) performed stages of 100 knee extensors concentric contractions at 120°/s (60° range-of-motion) with 10% increments of the initial maximal concentric torque until exhaustion. Performance fatigability across the test was quantified as maximal isometric and concentric torque loss, and its mechanisms were investigated through the responses to transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulations. Reliability and agreement were assessed using ANOVAs, coefficients of variation (CVs) and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) with 95% CI. Good inter-session reliability and high agreement were found for number of contractions [489 ± 75 vs. 503 ± 95; P = 0.20; ICC = 0.85 (0.66; 0.94); CV = 5% (3; 7)] and total work [11,285 ± 4,932 vs. 11,792 ± 5838 Nm.s; P = 0.20; ICC = 0.95 (0.87; 0.98); CV = 8% (5; 11)]. Poor reliability but high agreement were observed for isometric [-33 ± 6 vs. -31 ± 7%; P = 0.13; ICC = 0.47 (0.05; 0.75); CV = 6% (4;8)] and concentric [-20 ± 11% vs. -19 ± 9%; P = 0.82; ICC = 0.26 (-0.22; 0.63); CV = 9% (6; 12)] torque loss. The dynamic QIF test represents a promising tool for neuromuscular evaluation in isokinetic mode.
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- Giorgio Varesco
- Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France.
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- Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France
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- Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France
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- Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montréal, Canada
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- Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France; Unité de Myologie, Service de Physiologie Clinique et de l'Exercice, Centre Référent Maladies Neuromusculaires Euro-NmD, CHU de Saint-Etienne, France
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- Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France
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- Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France; Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) , France
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- Université de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, EA 7424, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France
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Wu R, Ditroilo M, Delahunt E, De Vito G. Age Related Changes in Motor Function (II). Decline in Motor Performance Outcomes. Int J Sports Med 2020; 42:215-226. [PMID: 33137831 DOI: 10.1055/a-1265-7073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Age-related impairments in motor performance are caused by a deterioration in mechanical and neuromuscular functions, which have been investigated from the macro-level of muscle-tendon unit to the micro-level of the single muscle fiber. When compared to the healthy young skeletal muscle, aged skeletal muscle is: (1) weaker, slower and less powerful during the performance of voluntary contractions; (2) less steady during the performance of isometric contractions, particularly at low levels of force; and (3) less susceptible to fatigue during the performance of sustained isometric contractions, but more susceptible to fatigue during the performance of high-velocity dynamic contractions. These impairments have been discussed to be mainly the result of: a) loss of muscle mass and selective atrophy of type II muscle fibers; b) altered tendon mechanical properties (decreased tendon stiffness); c) reduced number and altered function of motor units; d) slower muscle fiber shortening velocity; e) increased oscillation in common synaptic input to motor neurons; and f) altered properties and activity of sarcoplasmic reticulum. In this second part of a two-part review we have detailed the age-related impairments in motor performance with a reference to the most important mechanical and neuromuscular contributing factors.
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- Rui Wu
- School of Public Health Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin
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- School of Public Health Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin
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- School of Public Health Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin
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Senefeld JW, Singh-Peters LA, Kenno KA, Hunter SK, Jakobi JM. Greater fatigue resistance of dorsiflexor muscles in people with prediabetes than type 2 diabetes. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2020; 54:102458. [PMID: 32896804 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2020.102458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Although exercise can prevent progression to T2D among people with prediabetes, little is known about fatigue during exercise in people with prediabetes compared to T2D. The purpose of the study was to compare the magnitude and mechanisms of fatigability of the ankle dorsiflexor muscles between people with prediabetes and T2D. Ten people with prediabetes (6 females, 51.7 ± 6.9 years) and fourteen with T2D (6 females, 52.6 ± 6.2 years) who were matched for age, body mass index and physical activity performed an intermittent (6 s contraction: 4 s relaxation) fatiguing task at 75% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) with the dorsiflexors. Electrical stimulation was used to assess contractile properties of the dorsiflexor muscles before and after the fatiguing task. People with prediabetes had a longer time-to-task failure, i.e. greater fatigue resistance (7.9 ± 5.1 vs. 4.9 ± 2.5 min, P = 0.04), and slower rate of decline of the (potentiated) twitch amplitude (6.5 ± 3.1 vs. 16.5 ± 11.7%·min-1, P = 0.03) than people with T2D. Shorter time-to-task failure (i.e. greater fatigability) was associated with greater baseline MVC torque (r2 = 0.21, P = 0.02) and faster rate of decline of twitch amplitude (r2 = 0.39, P = 0.04). The ankle dorsiflexor muscles of males and females with prediabetes were more fatigue resistant than people with T2D, and fatigability was associated with contractile mechanisms.
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- Jonathon W Senefeld
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- School of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
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Bailey CA, Weiss M, Côté JN. Age-Dependent Control of Shoulder Muscles During a Reach-and-Lift Task. J Aging Phys Act 2020; 28:556-566. [PMID: 31825888 DOI: 10.1123/japa.2019-0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Aging affects fatigability and is a risk factor for incurring a fatigue-related injury in the neck/shoulder region. Age-related changes in the electromyographical features of motor control may be partly responsible. Young (N = 17) and older (N = 13) adults completed a reach-and-lift task at their self-selected speed, before and after a fatiguing task targeting the neck/shoulder. Electromyography amplitude (root mean square), amplitude variability (root mean square coefficient of variation [CV]), functional connectivity (normalized mutual information [NMI]), and functional connectivity variability (NMI CV) were extracted from several muscles and analyzed for effects and interactions of age using general estimating equation models. Root mean square CV and deltoid NMI CV increased from pre- to postfatigue (ps < .05). Upper trapezius-deltoid NMI decreased for young, but increased for older adults, while the opposite response was found for lower trapezius-deltoid NMI (ps < .05). Older adults seem to adapt to fatigue in reach-and-lift movement with a cranial shift in control of the scapula.
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Akagi R, Hinks A, Power GA. Differential changes in muscle architecture and neuromuscular fatigability induced by isometric resistance training at short and long muscle-tendon unit lengths. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2020; 129:173-184. [PMID: 32552430 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00280.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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We evaluated the effects of differential muscle architectural adaptations on neuromuscular fatigue resistance. Seven young males and six females participated in this study. Using a longitudinal within-subject design, legs were randomly assigned to perform isometric training of the tibialis anterior (TA) three times per week for 8 wk at a short (S-group) or long muscle-tendon unit length (L-group). Before and following training, fascicle length (FL) and pennation angle (PA) of the TA were assessed. As well, fatigue-related time course changes in isometric maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torque and isotonic peak power (20% MVC resistance) were determined before, immediately after, and 1, 2, 5, and 10 min following task failure. The fatiguing task consisted of repeated maximal effort isotonic (20% MVC resistance) contractions over a 40° range of motion until the participant reached a 40% reduction in peak power. Although there was no clear improvement in neuromuscular fatigue resistance following training in either group (P = 0.081; S-group: ∼20%; L-group: ∼51%), the change in neuromuscular fatigue resistance was related positively to the training-induced increase in PA (∼6%, P < 0.001) in the S-group (r = 0.739, P = 0.004) and negatively to the training-induced increase in FL (∼4%, P = 0.001) in the L-group (r = -0.568, P = 0.043). Both groups recovered similarly for MVC torque and peak power after the fatiguing task as compared with before training. We suggest that the relationships between the changes in muscle architecture and neuromuscular fatigue resistance depend on the muscle-tendon unit lengths at which the training is performed.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Eight weeks of isometric training at a long or short muscle-tendon unit length increased and did not change fascicle length, respectively. The "width" of the torque-angle relationship plateau became broader following isometric training at the long length. Despite marked differences in muscle architecture and functional adaptations between the groups, there was only a small-magnitude improvement in neuromuscular fatigue resistance, which was surprisingly negatively related to increased fascicle length in the long length-training group.
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- Ryota Akagi
- College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Saitama, Japan.,Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Age-related neuromuscular fatigue and recovery after cycling: Measurements in isometric and dynamic modes. Exp Gerontol 2020; 133:110877. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2020.110877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Noh B, Youm C, Lee M, Park H. Age-specific differences in gait domains and global cognitive function in older women: gait characteristics based on gait speed modification. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8820. [PMID: 32211246 PMCID: PMC7081786 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background Several studies have reported the association between gait and global cognitive function; however, there is no study explaining the age-specific gait characteristics of older women and association between those characteristics and global cognitive function by age-specific differences and gait speed modification. The aim of this study was to examine age-specific differences in gait characteristics and global cognitive function in older women as well as identify gait domains strongly associated with global cognitive function in older women based on gait speed modification. Methods One hundred sixty-four female participants aged 65–85 years were examined. Participants were assessed for global cognitive function through the mini-mental state examination. They also performed three trials of the overground walking test along a straight 20 m walkway. Inertial measurement unit sensors with shoe-type data loggers on both the left and right outsoles were used to measure gait characteristics. Results The pace at all speeds and the variability and phase at faster speeds were altered in women aged >75 years (all pace domain parameters, p < 0.05); variability and phase highly depended on age (all p < 0.05). Variability at slower speeds (β = −0.568 and p = 0.006) and the phase at the preferred (β = −0.471 and p = 0.005) and faster speeds (β = −0.494 and p = 0.005) were associated with global cognitive function in women aged >75 years. Discussion The variability and phase domains at faster speeds were considered to identify gait changes that accompany aging. In addition, the decreases in global cognitive function are associated with increased variability and phase domains caused by changes in gait speed in older women. Conclusion Our results are considered useful for understanding age-related gait characteristics with global cognitive function in old women.
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- Byungjoo Noh
- Department of Health Care and Science, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Health Care and Science, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea.,Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea
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Effects of exercise and whey protein on muscle mass, fat mass, myoelectrical muscle fatigue and health-related quality of life in older adults: a secondary analysis of the Liverpool Hope University-Sarcopenia Ageing Trial (LHU-SAT). Eur J Appl Physiol 2020; 120:493-503. [PMID: 31894414 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-019-04293-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the effects of exercise in combination with, or without, a leucine-enriched whey protein supplement on muscle mass, fat mass, myoelectrical muscle fatigue and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in older adults. METHODS 100 community-dwelling older adults [52% women, age: 69 ± 6 years (mean ± SD)] were randomised to four [Control (C); Exercise (E); Exercise + Protein (EP); Protein (P)] independent groups. E and EP groups completed 16 weeks of exercise [resistance (2 times/week) and functional (1 time/week]. EP and P groups were also administered a leucine-enriched whey protein supplement (3 times/day) based on body weight (1.5 g/kg/day). Muscle and fat mass (bioelectrical impedance analysis), myoelectrical muscle fatigue (surface electromyography) and HR-QOL (WHOQOL-BREF) were measured pre- and post-intervention. RESULTS At post-intervention, the rectus femoris (E: - 4.8%/min, p = 0.007, ES = 0.86; EP: - 3.3%/min, p = 0.045, ES = 0.58) and bicep femoris (E: - 3.9%/min, p < 0.001, ES = 1.46; EP: - 4.3%/min, p < 0.001, ES = 1.58) muscles became more resistant to fatigue in the E and EP groups, respectively (p < 0.05 versus C). HR-QOL improved in the E group only. Muscle and fat mass did not change (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION Physical exercise is a potent method to improve myoelectrical muscle fatigue and HR-QOL in older adults. However, leucine-enriched whey protein did not augment this response in those already consuming sufficient quantities of protein at trial enrolment.
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Older Adults Differentially Modulate Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Electroencephalography Measures of Cortical Inhibition during Maximal Single-joint Exercise. Neuroscience 2019; 425:181-193. [PMID: 31809730 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The effects of muscle fatigue are known to be altered in older adults, and age-related changes in the brain are likely to be a contributing factor. However, the neural mechanisms underlying these changes are not known. The aim of the current study was to use transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with electroencephalography (TMS-EEG) to investigate age-related changes in cortical excitability with muscle fatigue. In 23 young (mean age ± SD: 22 ± 2 years) and 17 older (mean age ± SD: 68.3 ± 5.6 years) adults, single-pulse TMS-EEG was applied before, during and after the performance of fatiguing, intermittent isometric abduction of the index finger. Motor-evoked potential (MEP) measures of cortical excitability were increased during (estimated mean difference, 123.3%; P < 0.0001) and after (estimated mean difference, 117.5%; P = 0.001) fatigue and this was not different between groups (P > 0.5). For TMS-EEG, the amplitude of the P30 and P180 potentials were unaffected by fatigue in older participants (P > 0.05). In contrast, the amplitude of the N45 potential in older adults was significantly reduced both during (positive cluster: mean voltage difference = 0.7 µV, P < 0.005; negative cluster: mean voltage difference = 0.9 µV, P < 0.0005) and after (mean voltage difference = 0.5 µV, P < 0.005) fatiguing exercise, whereas this response was absent in young participants. These results suggest that performance of maximal intermittent isometric exercise in old but not young adults is associated with modulation of cortical inhibition likely mediated by activation of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors.
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Kim T, Kim M, Lee M, Yoon B. Comparison of scapular muscle activation during shoulder elevation in older and young adults: A pilot study. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil 2019; 32:437-443. [PMID: 30507564 DOI: 10.3233/bmr-181293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of degenerative shoulder disease is increasing, and most shoulder diseases are accompanied by changed activation of the scapular muscles. However, the characteristics of scapular muscle activation in older adults have not yet been reported. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of age and load on scapular muscle activation during shoulder abduction and flexion. METHODS Eleven older adults (5 men, 6 women; 71.1 ± 5.3 years) and ten young adults (5 men, 5 women; 25.0 ± 2.7 years) performed shoulder elevation (abduction and flexion) with and without a dumbbell. Electromyography were recorded from the upper, middle and lower trapezius, and serratus anterior muscles in the dominant side. Muscle activation was normalized by reference voluntary contractions. RESULTS During shoulder elevation with a dumbbell load, the activation of the middle trapezius (p= 0.036) in older adults was significantly higher than that in young adults during abduction. The activation of the upper trapezius (p= 0.001) in older adults was significantly higher than that in young adults during flexion. CONCLUSION The older adults have a higher activation of the upper and middle trapezius during shoulder elevation with a weighted load.
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- Taeyeong Kim
- Department of Health Science, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea
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- College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Korea National Rehabilitation Research Institute, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Health Science, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Older females experience higher rates of disability than males, potentially due to sex-specific differences in gait and muscle function. The authors evaluated the effects of age and physical activity (PA) on gait mechanics and knee extensor muscle function in males and females. Three groups of 20 individuals (each 10 females) participated: young (21-35 y) and highly and less active older (55-70 y) adults. Knee extensor strength and joint mechanics during preferred speed gait were collected before and after 30 minutes of walking. Age by sex and PA by sex interactions indicated older and less active older females had lower concentric knee extensor muscle power and larger hip extension moments than males. After 30 minutes of walking, older less active adults had larger decreases in knee extensor power than their highly active older counterparts, and older adults of both sexes had decreases in ankle dorsiflexion moments while young adults did not. These results suggest that older, particularly less active, adults are susceptible to knee extensor muscle fatigue from moderate activity. For older adults, high levels of PA may be necessary to preserve gait mechanics in response to a bout of exercise. This new information may be important for targeting interventions in at-risk older adults.
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Jung WS, Kim YY, Park HY. Circuit Training Improvements in Korean Women with Sarcopenia. Percept Mot Skills 2019; 126:828-842. [PMID: 31284844 DOI: 10.1177/0031512519860637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Sarcopenia is defined as an age-related decrease in muscle mass, strength, and function. We investigated the effect of circuit training on body composition, balance, muscle mass and strength, and pulmonary function in Korean women with sarcopenia. We randomly assigned 26 Korean women with sarcopenia (Mage = 74.9, SD = 4.5 years) to either an exercise group (EG) (n = 13) or a control group (CG) (n = 13). The EG performed 25-75 minutes of circuit exercise training (gradually increasing time periods) three times per week over 12 weeks, while the CG maintained their usual daily lifestyle during the intervention period. We measured body weight, body mass index, percent body fat, free fat mass, balance ability, peak torque in shoulder, knee, and lumbar joints normalized for bodyweight (BW), forced vital capacity, percentage of forced expiratory volume in one second, and forced expiratory flow 25-75% before and after the intervention. The EG showed improved body composition (i.e., body mass index, fat-free body mass, fat mass; all p < .032, η2 > 0.180), balance (i.e., right and left of static and dynamic balance and fast 10-m walk; all p < .050, η2 > 0.151), muscular function (i.e., 90°/s and 180°/s peak power per kilogram BW, 90°/s average power per kilogram BW, 180°/s total work, and 180°/s endurance ratio; all p < .045, η2 > 0.157), and pulmonary function (all p < .005, η2 > 0.292). On the other hand, the CG showed no significant changes. Circuit exercise training improves muscle mass and strength, body composition, balance, and pulmonary function in women with sarcopenia.
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- Won-Sang Jung
- 1 Physical Activity and Performance Institute, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- 2 Daegu Haany University, GyeongBuk, Republic of Korea
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- 1 Physical Activity and Performance Institute, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Wu R, Delahunt E, Ditroilo M, Ferri Marini C, De Vito G. Torque steadiness and neuromuscular responses following fatiguing concentric exercise of the knee extensor and flexor muscles in young and older individuals. Exp Gerontol 2019; 124:110636. [PMID: 31195103 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2019.110636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the age-related alterations in the ability to exert maximal and to sustain submaximal isometric muscle torques after a fatiguing concentric exercise conducted with knee extensor (KE) and flexor (KF) muscles. Sixteen young (aged 19-30 years; 8 women) and 17 older (aged 65-75 years; 9 women) volunteers participated. The following tasks were performed before and immediately after 22 maximal concentric efforts of the right KE and KF at 1.05 rad/s: (1) a maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) task involving both KE and KF; and (2) a KE torque-steadiness task at a submaximal target contraction intensity (20% MVIC). During the dynamometric tests, surface EMG was recorded simultaneously from the KE and KF muscles. Fatigue-induced reductions in knee extension MVIC were similar (~15%) between groups, but young participants showed more pronounced declines in agonist (i.e. quadriceps) EMG responses in both time (RMS amplitude; ~15% vs. ~10%, p < 0.001) and frequency (median frequency; ~14% vs. ~8%, p < 0.01) domains. Torque steadiness exhibited a similar post-fatigue decrease in the two age groups (p < 0.01), but interestingly agonist activation (~17%; p < 0.001) and antagonist (i.e. hamstrings) co-activation (~16%; p < 0.001) declined only in the older participants. These findings suggest that the fatiguing concentric KE and KF exercise results in similar relative reductions (%) in maximal torque and steadiness of the KE in young and older individuals, but they are sustained by different age-related neuromuscular strategies.
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- Rui Wu
- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Institute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Institute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Biomolecular Science, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy
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- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Institute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Sundberg CW, Prost RW, Fitts RH, Hunter SK. Bioenergetic basis for the increased fatigability with ageing. J Physiol 2019; 597:4943-4957. [PMID: 31018011 DOI: 10.1113/jp277803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS The mechanisms for the age-related increase in fatigability during dynamic exercise remain elusive. We tested whether age-related impairments in muscle oxidative capacity would result in a greater accumulation of fatigue causing metabolites, inorganic phosphate (Pi ), hydrogen (H+ ) and diprotonated phosphate (H2 PO4 - ), in the muscle of old compared to young adults during a dynamic knee extension exercise. The age-related increase in fatigability (reduction in mechanical power) of the knee extensors was closely associated with a greater accumulation of metabolites within the working muscle but could not be explained by age-related differences in muscle oxidative capacity. These data suggest that the increased fatigability in old adults during dynamic exercise is primarily determined by age-related impairments in skeletal muscle bioenergetics that result in a greater accumulation of metabolites. ABSTRACT The present study aimed to determine whether the increased fatigability in old adults during dynamic exercise is associated with age-related differences in skeletal muscle bioenergetics. Phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to quantify concentrations of high-energy phosphates and pH in the knee extensors of seven young (22.7 ± 1.2 years; six women) and eight old adults (76.4 ± 6.0 years; seven women). Muscle oxidative capacity was measured from the phosphocreatine (PCr) recovery kinetics following a 24 s maximal voluntary isometric contraction. The fatiguing exercise consisted of 120 maximal velocity contractions (one contraction per 2 s) against a load equivalent to 20% of the maximal voluntary isometric contraction. The PCr recovery kinetics did not differ between young and old adults (0.023 ± 0.007 s-1 vs. 0.019 ± 0.004 s-1 , respectively). Fatigability (reductions in mechanical power) of the knee extensors was ∼1.8-fold greater with age and was accompanied by a greater decrease in pH (young = 6.73 ± 0.09, old = 6.61 ± 0.04) and increases in concentrations of inorganic phosphate, [Pi ], (young = 22.7 ± 4.8 mm, old = 32.3 ± 3.6 mm) and diprotonated phosphate, [H2 PO4 - ], (young = 11.7 ± 3.6 mm, old = 18.6 ± 2.1 mm) at the end of the exercise in old compared to young adults. The age-related increase in power loss during the fatiguing exercise was strongly associated with intracellular pH (r = -0.837), [Pi ] (r = 0.917) and [H2 PO4 - ] (r = 0.930) at the end of the exercise. These data suggest that the age-related increase in fatigability during dynamic exercise has a bioenergetic basis and is explained by an increased accumulation of metabolites within the muscle.
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- Christopher W Sundberg
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Keller-Ross ML, Larson M, Johnson BD. Skeletal Muscle Fatigability in Heart Failure. Front Physiol 2019; 10:129. [PMID: 30846944 PMCID: PMC6393404 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Evidence suggests that heart failure (HF) patients experience skeletal muscle fatigability in the lower extremity during single-limb tasks. The contribution of skeletal muscle fatigability to symptoms of exercise intolerance (perceived fatigue and dyspnea) is relatively unclear. Symptomatic or ‘perceived’ fatigue is defined by the sensations of exhaustion or tiredness that patients experience either at rest or while performing a motor task. Although factors that contribute to symptoms of fatigue in patients with HF are multifactorial; the skeletal muscle likely plays a major role. Skeletal muscle fatigability, as opposed to symptomatic fatigue, is an objective measure of a reduction in muscle force or power or reduced ability of the muscles to perform over time. Indeed, evidence suggests that patients with HF experience greater skeletal muscle fatigability which may contribute to a diminution in motor performance and the overall symptomatology that is hallmark of exercise intolerance in HF. This review will discuss (1) skeletal muscle fatigability in patients with HF, (2) the mechanisms contributing to locomotor skeletal muscle fatigability in HF and (3) the relationship of fatigability to symptoms of perceived fatigue and exercise intolerance in HF patients. Evidence suggests that cardiac dysfunction alone does not contribute to exercise intolerance. Therefore, mechanisms of skeletal muscle fatigability and their contribution to symptoms of fatigue and exercise intolerance, is an increasingly important consideration as we develop rehabilitative strategies for improving motor performance and functional capacity in patients with HF.
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- Manda L Keller-Ross
- Divisions of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Divisions of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, United States
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Age Does Not Attenuate Maximal Velocity Adaptations in the Ipsilateral and Contralateral Limbs During Unilateral Resistance Training. J Aging Phys Act 2019; 27:1-8. [DOI: 10.1123/japa.2017-0297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Senefeld JW, Limberg JK, Lukaszewicz KM, Hunter SK. Exercise-induced hyperemia is associated with knee extensor fatigability in adults with type 2 diabetes. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 126:658-667. [PMID: 30605399 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00854.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to compare fatigability, contractile function, and blood flow to the knee extensor muscles after dynamic exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and controls. The hypotheses were that patients with T2DM would demonstrate greater fatigability than controls, and greater fatigability would be associated with a lower exercise-induced increase in blood flow and greater impairments in contractile function. Patients with T2DM ( n = 15; 8 men; 62.4 ± 9.0 yr; 30.4 ± 7.7 kg/m2; 7,144 ± 3,294 steps/day) and 15 healthy control subjects (8 men, 58.4 ± 6.9 yr; 28.4 ± 4.6 kg/m2; 7,893 ± 2,323 steps/day) were matched for age, sex, body mass index, and physical activity. Fatigability was quantified as the reduction in knee extensor power during a 6-min dynamic exercise. Before and after exercise, vascular ultrasonography and electrical stimulation were used to assess skeletal muscle blood flow and contractile properties, respectively. Patients with T2DM had greater fatigability (30.0 ± 20.1% vs. 14.6 ± 19.0%, P < 0.001) and lower exercise-induced hyperemia (177 ± 90% vs. 194 ± 79%, P = 0.04) than controls but similar reductions in the electrically evoked twitch amplitude (37.6 ± 24.8% vs. 31.6 ± 30.1%, P = 0.98). Greater fatigability of the knee extensor muscles was associated with postexercise reductions in twitch amplitude ( r = 0.64, P = 0.001) and lesser exercise-induced hyperemia ( r = -0.56, P = 0.009). Patients with T2DM had greater lower-limb fatigability during dynamic exercise, which was associated with reduced contractile function and lower skeletal muscle blood flow. Thus, treatments focused on enhancing perfusion and reversing impairments in contractile function in patients with T2DM may offset lower-limb fatigability and aid in increasing exercise capacity. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Although prior studies compare patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with lean controls, our study includes controls matched for age, body mass, and physical activity to more closely assess the effects of T2DM. Patients with T2DM demonstrated no impairment in macrovascular endothelial function, evidenced by similar flow-mediated dilation to controls. However, patients with T2DM had greater fatigability and reduced exercise-induced increase in blood flow (hyperemia) after a lower-limb dynamic fatiguing exercise compared with controls.
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- Jonathon W Senefeld
- Clinical and Translational Rehabilitation Health Sciences Program, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri
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- Clinical and Translational Rehabilitation Health Sciences Program, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Clinical and Translational Rehabilitation Health Sciences Program, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Grosicki GJ, Englund DA, Price L, Iwai M, Kashiwa M, Reid KF, Fielding RA. Lower-Extremity Torque Capacity and Physical Function in Mobility-Limited Older Adults. J Nutr Health Aging 2019; 23:703-709. [PMID: 31560027 PMCID: PMC7386562 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-019-1232-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Skeletal muscle weakness and an increase in fatigability independently contribute to age-related functional decline. The objective of this study was to examine the combined contribution of these deficiencies (i.e., torque capacity) to physical function, and then to assess the functional implications of progressive resistance training (PRT) mediated-torque capacity improvements in mobility-limited older adults. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Exercise laboratory on the Health Sciences campus of an urban university. PARTICIPANTS Seventy mobility-limited (Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) ≤9) older adults (~79 yrs). INTERVENTION Progressive resistance training or home-based flexibility 3 days/week for 12 weeks. MEASUREMENTS Torque capacity was defined as the sum of peak torques from an isokinetic knee extension fatigue test. Relationships between torque capacity and performance-based and patient-reported functional measures before and after PRT were examined using partial correlations adjusted for age, sex, and body mass index. RESULTS Torque capacity explained (P<0.05) 10 and 28% of the variance in six-minute walk distance and stair climb time, respectively. PRT-mediated torque capacity improvements were paralleled by increases (P<0.05) in self-reported activity participation (+20%) and advanced lower extremity function (+7%), and associated (P<0.05) with a reduction in activity limitations (r=0.44) and an improved SPPB score (r=0.32). CONCLUSION Skeletal muscle torque capacity, a composite of strength and fatigue, may be a proximal determinant of physical function in mobility-limited older individuals. To more closely replicate the musculoskeletal demands of real-life tasks, future studies are encouraged to consider the combined interaction of distinct skeletal muscle faculties to overall functional ability in older adults.
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- G J Grosicki
- Gregory J. Grosicki, Ph.D., Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, Biodynamics and Human Performance Center, Georgia Southern University (Armstrong Campus), 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA, 31419. Phone: (912) 344-3317. Fax: (912) 344-3490.
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Collins BW, Pearcey GE, Buckle NC, Power KE, Button DC. Neuromuscular fatigue during repeated sprint exercise: underlying physiology and methodological considerations. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2018; 43:1166-1175. [DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Neuromuscular fatigue occurs when an individual’s capacity to produce force or power is impaired. Repeated sprint exercise requires an individual to physically exert themselves at near-maximal to maximal capacity for multiple short-duration bouts, is extremely taxing on the neuromuscular system, and consequently leads to the rapid development of neuromuscular fatigue. During repeated sprint exercise the development of neuromuscular fatigue is underlined by a combination of central and peripheral fatigue. However, there are a number of methodological considerations that complicate the quantification of the development of neuromuscular fatigue. The main goal of this review is to synthesize the results from recent investigations on the development of neuromuscular fatigue during repeated sprint exercise. Hence, we summarize the overall development of neuromuscular fatigue, explain how recovery time may alter the development of neuromuscular fatigue, outline the contributions of peripheral and central fatigue to neuromuscular fatigue, and provide some methodological considerations for quantifying neuromuscular fatigue during repeated sprint exercise.
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- Brandon W. Collins
- BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
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- Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory and Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
- Human Discovery Science, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation and BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation and BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics and Recreation and BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
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Xu L, Chen X, Cao S, Zhang X, Chen X. A Fatigue Involved Modification Framework for Force Estimation in Fatiguing Contraction. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2018; 26:2153-2164. [PMID: 30281465 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2018.2872554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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To alleviate the negative impacts of muscle fatigue on a force estimation model, a modification framework taking use of fatigue index was put forward in this paper. Muscle force and surface electromyography were first collected using high-density electrode grid and dynamometer. Then, multi-step signal pre-processing and a nonnegative matrix factorization-based signal optimization were conducted, with fatigue indices being extracted in the same time. Next, a degree 4 polynomial fitting model was employed to undertake the training process, and the relationship between the generated model parameters and fatigue indices was built up. In the end, the parameter-index relationship was applied on different testing sets to complete fatigue-modified force estimation. Significant improvement was found in most testing cases across different sexes and ages. Relative decreases of 36.5%, 20.7%, and 20.4% in the percentage root mean square error were achieved by young males, young females, and elderly males. The proposed method can boost the performances of force estimation models, thereby contributing to the development of a variety of fields including biomechanical study, rehabilitation treatment, and prosthesis research.
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Senefeld J, Magill SB, Harkins A, Harmer AR, Hunter SK. Mechanisms for the increased fatigability of the lower limb in people with type 2 diabetes. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:553-566. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00160.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Fatiguing exercise is the basis of exercise training and a cornerstone of management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D); however, little is known about the fatigability of limb muscles and the involved mechanisms in people with T2D. The purpose of this study was to compare fatigability of knee extensor muscles between people with T2D and controls without diabetes and determine the neural and muscular mechanisms for a dynamic fatiguing task. Seventeen people with T2D [ten men and seven women: 59.6 (9.0) yr] and twenty-one age-, body mass index-, and physical activity-matched controls [eleven men and ten women: 59.5 (9.6) yr] performed one hundred twenty high-velocity concentric contractions (one contraction/3 s) with a load equivalent to 20% maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) torque with the knee extensors. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electrical stimulation of the quadriceps were used to assess voluntary activation and contractile properties. People with T2D had larger reductions than controls in power during the fatiguing task [42.8 (24.2) vs. 26.4 (15.0)%; P < 0.001] and MVIC torque after the fatiguing task [37.6 (18.2) vs. 26.4 (12.1)%; P = 0.04]. People with T2D had greater reductions than controls in the electrically evoked twitch amplitude after the fatiguing task [44.0 (20.4) vs. 35.4 (12.1)%, respectively; P = 0.01]. However, the decrease in voluntary activation was similar between groups when assessed with electrical stimulation [12.1 (2.6) vs. 12.4 (4.4)% decrease; P = 0.84] and TMS ( P = 0.995). A greater decline in MVIC torque was associated with larger reductions of twitch amplitude ( r2 = 0.364, P = 0.002). Although neural mechanisms contributed to fatigability, contractile mechanisms were responsible for the greater knee extensor fatigability in men and women with T2D compared with healthy controls. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Transcranial magnetic stimulation and percutaneous muscle stimulation were used to determine the contributions of neural and contractile mechanisms of fatigability of the knee extensor muscles after a dynamic fatiguing task in men and women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and healthy age-, body mass index-, and physical activity-matched controls. Although neural and contractile mechanisms contributed to greater fatigability of people with T2D, fatigability was primarily associated with impaired contractile mechanisms and glycemic control.
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- Jonathon Senefeld
- Program in Exercise Science, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Musculoskeletal Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
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- Program in Exercise Science, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Performance fatigability is characterized as an acute decline in motor performance caused by an exercise-induced reduction in force or power of the involved muscles. Multiple mechanisms contribute to performance fatigability and originate from neural and muscular processes, with the task demands dictating the mechanisms. This review highlights that (1) inadequate activation of the motoneuron pool can contribute to performance fatigability, and (2) the demands of the task and the physiological characteristics of the population assessed, dictate fatigability and the involved mechanisms. Examples of task and population differences in fatigability highlighted in this review include contraction intensity and velocity, stability and support provided to the fatiguing limb, sex differences, and aging. A future challenge is to define specific mechanisms of fatigability and to translate these findings to real-world performance and exercise training in healthy and clinical populations across the life span.
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- Sandra K Hunter
- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
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Sundberg CW, Kuplic A, Hassanlouei H, Hunter SK. Mechanisms for the age-related increase in fatigability of the knee extensors in old and very old adults. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 125:146-158. [PMID: 29494293 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01141.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The mechanisms for the age-related increase in fatigability during high-velocity contractions in old and very old adults (≥80 yr) are unresolved. Moreover, whether the increased fatigability with advancing age and the underlying mechanisms differ between men and women is not known. The purpose of this study was to quantify the fatigability of knee extensor muscles and identify the mechanisms of fatigue in 30 young (22.6 ± 0.4 yr; 15 men), 62 old (70.5 ± 0.7 yr; 33 men), and 12 very old (86.0 ± 1.3 yr; 6 men) men and women elicited by high-velocity concentric contractions. Participants performed 80 maximal velocity contractions (1 contraction per 3 s) with a load equivalent to 20% of the maximum voluntary isometric contraction. Voluntary activation and contractile properties were quantified before and immediately following exercise (<10 s) using transcranial magnetic stimulation and electrical stimulation. Absolute mechanical power output was 97 and 217% higher in the young compared with old and very old adults, respectively. Fatigability (reductions in power) progressively increased across age groups, with a power loss of 17% in young, 31% in old, and 44% in very old adults. There were no sex differences in fatigability among any of the age groups. The age-related increase in power loss was strongly associated with changes in the involuntary twitch amplitude ( r = 0.75, P < 0.001). These data suggest that the age-related increased power loss during high-velocity fatiguing exercise is unaffected by biological sex and determined primarily by mechanisms that disrupt excitation contraction coupling and/or cross-bridge function. NEW & NOTEWORTHY We show that aging of the neuromuscular system results in an increase in fatigability of the knee extensors during high-velocity exercise that is more pronounced in very old adults (≥80 yr) and occurs similarly in men and women. Importantly, the age-related increase in power loss was strongly associated with the changes in the electrically evoked contractile properties suggesting that the increased fatigability with aging is determined primarily by mechanisms within the muscle for both sexes.
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- Christopher W Sundberg
- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Clinical and Translational Rehabilitation Health Sciences Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Clinical and Translational Rehabilitation Health Sciences Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin.,Clinical and Translational Rehabilitation Health Sciences Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Rozand V, Senefeld JW, Hassanlouei H, Hunter SK. Voluntary activation and variability during maximal dynamic contractions with aging. Eur J Appl Physiol 2017; 117:2493-2507. [PMID: 29058113 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-017-3737-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Whether reduced supraspinal activation contributes to age-related reductions in maximal torque during dynamic contractions is not known. The purpose was to determine whether there are age differences in voluntary activation and its variability when assessed with stimulation at the motor cortex and the muscle during maximal isometric, concentric, and eccentric contractions. Thirty young (23.6 ± 4.1 years) and 31 old (69.0 ± 5.2 years) adults performed maximal isometric, shortening (concentric) and lengthening (eccentric) contractions with the elbow flexor muscles. Maximal isometric contractions were performed at 90° elbow flexion and dynamic contractions at a velocity of 60°/s. Voluntary activation was assessed by superimposing an evoked contraction with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or with electrical stimulation over the muscle during maximal voluntary contractions (MVCs). Old adults had lower MVC torque during isometric (- 17.9%), concentric (- 19.7%), and eccentric (- 9.9%) contractions than young adults, with less of an age difference for eccentric contractions. Voluntary activation was similar between the three contraction types when assessed with TMS and electrical stimulation, with no age group differences. Old adults, however, were more variable in voluntary activation than young (standard deviation 0.99 ± 0.47% vs. 0.73 ± 0.43%, respectively) to both the motor cortex and muscle, and had greater coactivation of the antagonist muscles during dynamic contractions. Thus, the average voluntary activation to the motor cortex and muscle did not differ with aging; however, supraspinal activation was more variable during maximal dynamic and isometric contractions in the old adults. Lower predictability of voluntary activation may indicate subclinical changes in the central nervous system with advanced aging.
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- Vianney Rozand
- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Exercise Science Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA.
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Lanning AC, Power GA, Christie AD, Dalton BH. Influence of sex on performance fatigability of the plantar flexors following repeated maximal dynamic shortening contractions. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2017. [PMID: 28636840 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2017-0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose was to determine sex differences in fatigability during maximal, unconstrained velocity, shortening plantar flexions. The role of time-dependent measures (i.e., rate of torque development, rate of velocity development, and rate of neuromuscular activation) in such sex-related differences was also examined. By task termination, females exhibited smaller reductions in power and similar changes in rate of neuromuscular activation than males, indicating females were less fatigable than males.
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- Amelia C Lanning
- a Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- b Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- a Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- c School of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia, ART 360, 1147 Research Road, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
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