Neural adaptations to long-term resistance training: evidence for the confounding effect of muscle size on the interpretation of surface electromyography
Neural adaptations to long-term resistance training: evidence for the confounding effect of muscle size on the interpretation of surface electromyography
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DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.00094.2021
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发表时间:
2021-08-01
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3.3
通讯作者:
Folland, Jonathan P.
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Skarabot, Jakob;Balshaw, Thomas G.;Folland, Jonathan P.
This study compared elbow flexor (EF; experiment 1) and knee extensor (KE; experiment 2) maximal compound action potential (M-max) amplitude between long-term resistance trained (LTRT; n = 15 and n = 14, 6 +/- 3 and 4 +/- 1yr of training) and untrained (UT; n = 14 and n = 49) men, and examined the effect of normalizing electromyography (EMG) during maximal voluntary torque (MVT) production to M-max amplitude on differences between LTRT and UT. EMG was recorded from multiple sites and muscles of EF and KE, M-max was evoked with percutaneous nerve stimulation, and muscle size was assessed with ultrasonography (thickness, EF) and magnetic resonance imaging (cross-sectional area, KE). Muscle-electrode distance (MED) was measured to account for the effect of adipose tissue on EMG and M-max. LTRT displayed greater MVT ( - 66%-71%, P < 0.001), muscle size (= 54%-56%, P < 0.001), and M-max amplitudes (- 29%-60%, P