TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of voluntary contraction with electrical stimulation antagonist muscle on agonist H-reflex
AU - Yamaguchi, Tomofumi
AU - Tanabe, S.
AU - Watanabe, T.
AU - Muraoka, Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to Dr. Singh for useful discussions. This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant 85-0185.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Objective: Hybrid exercise (HE) was designed to use the force generated by an electrically stimulated antagonist to provide resistance to a volitionally contracting agonist. The purpose of this study was to measure and compare the soleus H-reflex before and after HE or conventional resistance exercise (CRE). Methods: The experiments were carried out in 18 healthy subjects (5 men and 13 women; 19-30 yr), who were divided into 2 groups of 9 for each protocol (HE or CRE). The exercise sessions lasted for 15 consecutive minutes. The soleus Hmax/Mmax was measured before and after the HE or the CRE. Results: In the HE group, although there was no significant difference, the soleus Hmax/Mmax after the exercise increased compared with before the exercise (54.7 ± 10.2% to 59.0 ± 14.5%). On the other hand, the soleus Hmax/Mmax decreased in the CRE group (61.8 ± 14.9% to 55.7 ± 16.1%). In the rate of change of the soleus Hmax/Mmax, the result for the HE group was significantly higher than in the CRE group (108.0 ± 11.7% and 89.1 ± 8.0%, respectively) (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Our results show a clear difference of the neurophysiological mechanism between HE and CRE. Thus, HE might not be an alternative method for CRE.
AB - Objective: Hybrid exercise (HE) was designed to use the force generated by an electrically stimulated antagonist to provide resistance to a volitionally contracting agonist. The purpose of this study was to measure and compare the soleus H-reflex before and after HE or conventional resistance exercise (CRE). Methods: The experiments were carried out in 18 healthy subjects (5 men and 13 women; 19-30 yr), who were divided into 2 groups of 9 for each protocol (HE or CRE). The exercise sessions lasted for 15 consecutive minutes. The soleus Hmax/Mmax was measured before and after the HE or the CRE. Results: In the HE group, although there was no significant difference, the soleus Hmax/Mmax after the exercise increased compared with before the exercise (54.7 ± 10.2% to 59.0 ± 14.5%). On the other hand, the soleus Hmax/Mmax decreased in the CRE group (61.8 ± 14.9% to 55.7 ± 16.1%). In the rate of change of the soleus Hmax/Mmax, the result for the HE group was significantly higher than in the CRE group (108.0 ± 11.7% and 89.1 ± 8.0%, respectively) (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Our results show a clear difference of the neurophysiological mechanism between HE and CRE. Thus, HE might not be an alternative method for CRE.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 17711043
AN - SCOPUS:34547114016
SN - 0301-150X
VL - 47
SP - 251
EP - 255
JO - Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
JF - Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
IS - 4-5
ER -