Título A Novel Electromyographic Approach to Estimate Fatigue Threshold in Maximum Incremental Strength Tests
Autores Aragon-Vela, Jeronimo , Barranco-Ruiz, Yaira , Casals-Vazquez, Cristina , Plaza-Diaz, Julio , CASUSO PÉREZ, RAFAEL, Fontana, Luis , Rodriguez Huertas, Jesus F.
Publicación externa Si
Medio Motor Control
Alcance Article
Naturaleza Científica
Cuartil JCR 4
Cuartil SJR 3
Impacto JCR 1.302
Fecha de publicacion 01/04/2018
ISI 000429381400004
DOI 10.1123/mc.2016-0066
Abstract Evaluation of muscular fatigue thresholds in athletes performing short-duration and explosive exercises is difficult because classic parameters do not suffer large variations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a new method to estimate the fatigue threshold in single muscles. Our approach is based on electromyographic data recorded during a maximum incremental strength test until the one repetition maximum is reached. Ten men and 10 women performed a half-squat strength test consisting of five incremental intensities of one repetition maximum. Neither heart rate nor blood lactate concentrations showed significant differences at the various intensities tested. Surface electromyographic activities of vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and rectus femoris were recorded, finding a break point corresponding to the fatigue threshold occurring in men at 70.74%, 71.48%, and 72.52% of one repetition maximum, respectively. In women, breakpoint values were 76.66% for vastus lateralis, 76.27% for vastus medialis, and 72.10% for rectus femoris. In conclusion, surface electromyography could be a useful, rapid, and noninvasive tool to determine the fatigue threshold of independent muscles during a maximal half- squat strength test.
Palabras clave break point; half squat; surface electromyography
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