索莱斯长度对肌肉疲劳性的影响
Anh D Nguyen1, Aubrey Gray1, Gregory Sawicki2
1Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
通过特定的脚角来实现更短的足长度,在年轻成年人缩期间显著增加肌肉激活和疲劳. 这一发现突出了与年龄相关的肌肉疲劳的潜在机制.
科学领域:
- 生物力学
- 人类生理学
- 运动科学
背景情况:
- 与年龄相关的阿基里斯肌硬度下降与小腿肌肉运行时间的缩短有关.
- 较短的肌肉长度可能需要更大的神经激活,可能导致老年人早期肌肉疲劳.
- 即使在年轻人群体中,小腿肌肉运行长度与肌肉疲劳性之间的关系仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 在健康的年轻成年人中,研究肌长度与肌肉疲劳之间的机制联系.
- 确定规定的脚关节角度如何影响足长度和随后的疲劳性.
主要方法:
- 参与者使用机器人动力计进行了反复的小腿肌肉收缩.
- 两种脚关节角度被用来规定不同的足底长度:较短的长度为15°足底曲 (PF15) 和较长的长度为15°后背曲 (DF15).
主要成果:
- 从DF15转换为PF15,导致索莱斯长度缩短了14%.
- 这种缩短导致EMG rms幅度增加了两倍,并且任务失败的时间减少了60%.
- 在较短的囊长度下也观察到EMG中位数的适度下降.
结论:
- 在年轻成年人中,较短的肌长度显著增强了肌肉激活,加快了小腿收缩期间的疲劳.
- 这些发现表明潜在的生理途径有助于增加老年人的疲劳,这些老年人自然而然地在较短的带长度上工作.
- 这项研究为与年龄相关的肌肉疲劳机制的未来研究提供了基础.
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