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Forearm muscle oxygenation and blood volume parameters during sustained contraction performance in youth sport
Barbara Gilic1,2, Andri Feldmann3, Dario Vrdoljak4
1Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia.
Background:
Forearm muscle strength and endurance are essential determinants of sports climbing success. This study aimed to investigate whether delayed rates of muscle oxygen saturation and total hemoglobin correlate to sustained contraction performance of youth climbers.
Methods:
Twelve recreational and competitive youth sport climbers (six females, six males) participated in the study. Variables included finger flexors muscle maximal voluntary contraction, sustained contraction test (SCT), muscle oxygen dynamics (SmO
Results:
SCT had a significant positive relationship to SmO
Conclusions:
According to the results of this study, it can be suggested that delayed rates of SmO
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