The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the muscular activation of the forearm, with or without vibration stimuli at different frequencies while performing a grip tasks of 45 s at various level of exerted force. In 16 individuals, 9 females and 7 males, the surface electromyogram (EMG) of extensor carpi radialis longus and the flexor carpi ulnari muscles were assessed. At a short latency from onset EMG, RMS and the level of MU synchronization were assessed to evaluate the muscular adaptations. Whilst a trend of decay of EMG Median frequency (MDFd) was employed as an index of muscular fatigue. Muscular tasks consists of the grip of an instrumented handle at a force level of 20%, 30%, 40%, 60% of the maximum voluntary force. Vibration was supplied by a shaker to the hand in mono-frequential waves at 20, 30, 33 and 40 Hz. In relation to EMG, RMS and MU synchronization, the muscular activation does not seem to change with the superimposition of the mechanical vibrations, on the contrary a lower MDFdwas observed at 33 Hz than in absence of vibration. This suggests an early muscular fatigue induced by vibration due to the fact that 33 Hz is a resonance frequency for the hand-arm system.

Muscular forearm activation in hand-grip tasks with superimposition of mechanical vibrations / Fattorini, L.; Tirabasso, A.; Lunghi, A.; Di Giovanni, R.; Sacco, F.; Marchetti, E.. - In: JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY. - ISSN 1050-6411. - 26:(2016), pp. 143-148. [10.1016/j.jelekin.2015.10.015]

Muscular forearm activation in hand-grip tasks with superimposition of mechanical vibrations

Fattorini, L.
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Lunghi, A.;
2016

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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the muscular activation of the forearm, with or without vibration stimuli at different frequencies while performing a grip tasks of 45 s at various level of exerted force. In 16 individuals, 9 females and 7 males, the surface electromyogram (EMG) of extensor carpi radialis longus and the flexor carpi ulnari muscles were assessed. At a short latency from onset EMG, RMS and the level of MU synchronization were assessed to evaluate the muscular adaptations. Whilst a trend of decay of EMG Median frequency (MDFd) was employed as an index of muscular fatigue. Muscular tasks consists of the grip of an instrumented handle at a force level of 20%, 30%, 40%, 60% of the maximum voluntary force. Vibration was supplied by a shaker to the hand in mono-frequential waves at 20, 30, 33 and 40 Hz. In relation to EMG, RMS and MU synchronization, the muscular activation does not seem to change with the superimposition of the mechanical vibrations, on the contrary a lower MDFdwas observed at 33 Hz than in absence of vibration. This suggests an early muscular fatigue induced by vibration due to the fact that 33 Hz is a resonance frequency for the hand-arm system.
2016
hand-arm; proprioceptors; resonance; TVR; vibration; adult; biomechanical phenomena; electromyography; female; forearm; hand; hand strength; humans; male; middle aged; muscle fatigue; muscle, skeletal; young adult; vibration; neuroscience (miscellaneous); biophysics; neurology (clinical)
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Muscular forearm activation in hand-grip tasks with superimposition of mechanical vibrations / Fattorini, L.; Tirabasso, A.; Lunghi, A.; Di Giovanni, R.; Sacco, F.; Marchetti, E.. - In: JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY. - ISSN 1050-6411. - 26:(2016), pp. 143-148. [10.1016/j.jelekin.2015.10.015]
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