TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatigue effects on the electromechanical delay components during the relaxation phase after isometric contraction
AU - Cè, E.
AU - Rampichini, S.
AU - Limonta, E.
AU - Esposito, F.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Aim: By a combined electromyographic (EMG), mechanomyographic (MMG) and force (F) analysis, the electromechanical delay during muscle relaxation (R-DelayTOT) was partitioned into electrochemical and mechanical components. The study aimed to evaluate the effects of fatigue on R-DelayTOT components and to assess their intersession and interday reliability Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Methods: During tetanic stimulations, EMG, MMG and F were recorded from the human gastrocnemius medialis muscle before and after fatigue. The latency between EMG and MMG ripple cessations (R-Δt EMG-MMGR, electrochemical R-DelayTOT component); between MMG ripple cessation and F decay onset (R-Δt MMGR-F, first R-DelayTOT mechanical component); and between F decay onset and maximum MMG negative peak (R-Δt F-MMGp-p, second R-DelayTOT mechanical component) was calculated. Results: Before fatigue, R-Δt F-MMGp-p was the major contributor (61.9 ± 1.7 ms, 75%) to R-DelayTOT (82.7 ± 1.0 ms), while R-Δt EMG-MMGR and R-Δt MMGR-F accounted for 16% (13.3 ± 1.2 ms) and 9% (7.5 ± 1.0 ms) respectively. After fatigue, R-DelayTOT, R-Δt EMG-MMGR and R-Δt MMGR-F increased by 11, 41 and 67%, respectively (P <0.05), whereas R-Δt F-MMGp-p did not change. Consequently, the relative contribution of R-Δt EMG-MMGR, R-Δt MMGR-F and R-Δt F-MMGp-p, to R-DelayTOT changed to 20 ± 2, 12 ± 1 and 68 ± 2% respectively. Measurement reliability was always from high to very high (ICC 0.705-0.959). Conclusion: Fatigue altered the processes between neuromuscular activation cessation and force decay onset, but not the second mechanical component (cross-bridges detachment rate and series elastic components release). This combined approach provided reliable measurement of the different R-DelayTOT components and it may represent a valid tool to get more insights on muscle electromechanical behaviour.
AB - Aim: By a combined electromyographic (EMG), mechanomyographic (MMG) and force (F) analysis, the electromechanical delay during muscle relaxation (R-DelayTOT) was partitioned into electrochemical and mechanical components. The study aimed to evaluate the effects of fatigue on R-DelayTOT components and to assess their intersession and interday reliability Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Methods: During tetanic stimulations, EMG, MMG and F were recorded from the human gastrocnemius medialis muscle before and after fatigue. The latency between EMG and MMG ripple cessations (R-Δt EMG-MMGR, electrochemical R-DelayTOT component); between MMG ripple cessation and F decay onset (R-Δt MMGR-F, first R-DelayTOT mechanical component); and between F decay onset and maximum MMG negative peak (R-Δt F-MMGp-p, second R-DelayTOT mechanical component) was calculated. Results: Before fatigue, R-Δt F-MMGp-p was the major contributor (61.9 ± 1.7 ms, 75%) to R-DelayTOT (82.7 ± 1.0 ms), while R-Δt EMG-MMGR and R-Δt MMGR-F accounted for 16% (13.3 ± 1.2 ms) and 9% (7.5 ± 1.0 ms) respectively. After fatigue, R-DelayTOT, R-Δt EMG-MMGR and R-Δt MMGR-F increased by 11, 41 and 67%, respectively (P <0.05), whereas R-Δt F-MMGp-p did not change. Consequently, the relative contribution of R-Δt EMG-MMGR, R-Δt MMGR-F and R-Δt F-MMGp-p, to R-DelayTOT changed to 20 ± 2, 12 ± 1 and 68 ± 2% respectively. Measurement reliability was always from high to very high (ICC 0.705-0.959). Conclusion: Fatigue altered the processes between neuromuscular activation cessation and force decay onset, but not the second mechanical component (cross-bridges detachment rate and series elastic components release). This combined approach provided reliable measurement of the different R-DelayTOT components and it may represent a valid tool to get more insights on muscle electromechanical behaviour.
KW - Electromyogram
KW - Force
KW - Latency
KW - Mechanomyogram
KW - Reliability
KW - Skeletal muscle
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U2 - 10.1111/apha.12212
DO - 10.1111/apha.12212
M3 - Article
C2 - 24319999
AN - SCOPUS:84899066274
VL - 211
SP - 82
EP - 96
JO - Skandinavisches Archiv Für Physiologie
JF - Skandinavisches Archiv Für Physiologie
SN - 0370-839X
IS - 1
ER -