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Relationships between three potentiation effects of plyometric training and performance
1School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC.
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This study measured the potentiation effects of plyometric training [normalized electromyography (EMG) in triceps surae, stiffness and elastic energy utilization of the Achilles tendon] and investigated the correlations between these effects and performances [voluntary electromechanical delay (EMD) and jump height]. Twenty-one subjects were randomly assigned either to the control group (10 subjects: age 22.3+/-1.6 years) or to a training group (11 subjects: age 22.1+/-1.6 years) that performed 8 weeks of plyometric training.
Results:
As compared with the performances before training, normalized EMG in the soleus were significantly (P
Conclusions:
Plyometric training specifically potentiated the normalized EMG, tendon stiffness and elastic energy utilization in the myotendinous complex of the triceps surae. Although these changes are possibly essential determinants, only increases of tendon stiffness were observed to correlate with performance improvements.
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