Functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyography
Introduction: Jumping capacity, a distinctive technical skill of tumbling gymnasts, is associated to a successful performance in training and competition; hence the need for an individualized, precise and localized assessment of the most demanded muscle structures. Objective: To assess muscle respon...
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| author | Nicolás Rojas-Barrionuevo Mercedes Vernetta-Santana Jesús López-Bedoya |
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| description | Introduction: Jumping capacity, a distinctive technical skill of tumbling gymnasts, is associated to a successful performance in training and competition; hence the need for an individualized, precise and localized assessment of the most demanded muscle structures.
Objective: To assess muscle response of the flexo-extension structure in the knee joint and the extension of the ankle joint in a sample of 12 high-performance male gymnasts.
Materials and methods: An acrobatic training protocol including sets of forward somersault in tumbling track was conducted. The contraction time, delay time and deformation of muscle belly were evaluated, and the muscular response speed was calculated using tensiomyography before and after the training intervention in different periods of time.
Results: Significant differences were found (p<0.05) according to the muscle group involved, where rectus femoris and biceps femoris presented greater enhancement and shortening of the contraction and delay time. Major differences appeared between agonist-antagonist muscles (vastus lateralis-biceps femoris) (p<0.05) due to a decrease in the contraction and delay speed in vastus medialis (p<0.001).
Conclusions: Tensiomyography allows estimating the states of activation-enhancing of the musculature responsible of jumping in tumblers, as well as planning the training based on the state of muscle fatigue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-abad23fc110d4303993678bc3dba45022022-12-21T19:02:43ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaRevista de la Facultad de Medicina0120-00112357-38482016-07-0164350551210.15446/revfacmed.v64n3.5400444521Functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyographyNicolás Rojas-Barrionuevo0Mercedes Vernetta-Santana1Jesús López-Bedoya2Universidad de Granada - Faculty of Sports Sciences - Centro Andaluz de Entrenamiento de Gimnasia- Granada - Spain.Universidad de Granada - Faculty of Sports Sciences - Department of Physical Education and Sports - Granada - Spain.Universidad de Granada - Faculty of Sports Sciences - Department of Physical Education and Sports - Granada - Spain.Introduction: Jumping capacity, a distinctive technical skill of tumbling gymnasts, is associated to a successful performance in training and competition; hence the need for an individualized, precise and localized assessment of the most demanded muscle structures. Objective: To assess muscle response of the flexo-extension structure in the knee joint and the extension of the ankle joint in a sample of 12 high-performance male gymnasts. Materials and methods: An acrobatic training protocol including sets of forward somersault in tumbling track was conducted. The contraction time, delay time and deformation of muscle belly were evaluated, and the muscular response speed was calculated using tensiomyography before and after the training intervention in different periods of time. Results: Significant differences were found (p<0.05) according to the muscle group involved, where rectus femoris and biceps femoris presented greater enhancement and shortening of the contraction and delay time. Major differences appeared between agonist-antagonist muscles (vastus lateralis-biceps femoris) (p<0.05) due to a decrease in the contraction and delay speed in vastus medialis (p<0.001). Conclusions: Tensiomyography allows estimating the states of activation-enhancing of the musculature responsible of jumping in tumblers, as well as planning the training based on the state of muscle fatigue.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/54004GimnasiaAtletasRendimiento atléticoFatiga muscular |
| spellingShingle | Nicolás Rojas-Barrionuevo Mercedes Vernetta-Santana Jesús López-Bedoya Functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyography Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Gimnasia Atletas Rendimiento atlético Fatiga muscular |
| title | Functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyography |
| title_full | Functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyography |
| title_fullStr | Functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyography |
| title_short | Functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyography |
| title_sort | functional assessment of muscle response in lower limbs of tumbling gymnasts through tensiomyography |
| topic | Gimnasia Atletas Rendimiento atlético Fatiga muscular |
| url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/54004 |
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