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Muscle Imbalances: Testing and Training Functional Eccentric Hamstring Strength in Athletic Populations
Published on: May 1, 2018
[Electromyogram analyses of the knee flexors and extensor for squatting jump, counter-movement jump and drop jump]
Yue Zhou1, Yan-Ping Wang, Shao-Yan Zhang
1Hebei Research Institute of Sports Science, Shijiazhuang 050011, China.
Aim:
To observe the difference of EMG features between junior athletes and general students of knee flexor and extensor in performing various jumps.
Methods:
30 junior athletes and 30 middle school students took part in the test. EMG signal from knee flexor and extensor were measured, when subjects performed squatting jump, counter-movement jump and drop jump.
Results:
The results indicated that the agonists EMG activity related to sex. With the load of leg increasing, there were no significant changes in iEMG and Fmean for male. There was some increasing in iEMG but no change in Fmean for female. The antagonists EMG activity maybe related to training. With the load of leg increasing, the EMG activity of antagonists changed slightly for the junior athletes, however, increased obviously for the common students.
Conclusion:
To improve the performance of jump, male athletes should mostly improve efficiency, however female athletes can increase the recruiting of muscle fiber. Moreover the ability of antagonists coordinating for athlete in the course of jumping is higher than that of general students.
