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Movement Patterns of Polish National Paralympic Team Wheelchair Fencers with Regard To Muscle Activity and Co-Activation Time

The aim of this study was to determine muscle co-activation and muscle activity time using EMG in Paralympic wheelchair fencers categorized into two disability-level groups: A (n= 7) and B (n= 9). The study was carried out with the use of a 16-channel EMG system. The surface EMG electrodes were plac...

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Autores principales: Borysiuk, Zbigniew, Błaszczyszyn, Monika, Piechota, Katarzyna, Nowicki, Tadeusz
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9465737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36196343
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0064
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author Borysiuk, Zbigniew
Błaszczyszyn, Monika
Piechota, Katarzyna
Nowicki, Tadeusz
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description The aim of this study was to determine muscle co-activation and muscle activity time using EMG in Paralympic wheelchair fencers categorized into two disability-level groups: A (n= 7) and B (n= 9). The study was carried out with the use of a 16-channel EMG system. The surface EMG electrodes were placed on the fencer’s body along nine channels: arm muscles - deltoideus middle head (DEL), triceps brachii (TRI) and biceps brachii (BC); forearm muscles - extensor carpi radialis longus (ECR), flexor carpi radialis (FCR); postural (abdominal and back) muscles - the right and the left external oblique abdominal (EOA RT and LT) and latissimus dorsi (LD RT and LT). To assess the relative level of co-activation (simultaneous contraction of both muscles) for the TRI-BC, ECR-FCR, LD RT-EDA RT and LD LT-EDA LT muscle pairs, the co-activation index (CI) was calculated. The collected data were processed using Jamovi. The study hypotheses were verified at the level of significance of p≤0.05 (Welch’s t-test). The normal distribution of analyzed statistical features was checked with the Shapiro-Wilk test. The analysis of muscle activation time, as a percent ratio of three attempts executed in a series, confirmed the study assumptions. Fencers from Group A had a shorter activation time in all tested muscles, with the exception of the ECR (58.24), than fencers from Group B. This confirms that the activation of antagonist muscles representing a centrally programmed anticipatory mechanism stabilizing technical actions was particularly intensified in Group A fencers. The study results indicate that the standard co-activation index (CI) of key muscles involved in wheelchair fencing ranges from 48 to 51%.
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spelling pubmed-94657372022-10-03 Movement Patterns of Polish National Paralympic Team Wheelchair Fencers with Regard To Muscle Activity and Co-Activation Time Borysiuk, Zbigniew Błaszczyszyn, Monika Piechota, Katarzyna Nowicki, Tadeusz J Hum Kinet Section IV - Behavioural Sciences in Sport & Sport for the Disabled The aim of this study was to determine muscle co-activation and muscle activity time using EMG in Paralympic wheelchair fencers categorized into two disability-level groups: A (n= 7) and B (n= 9). The study was carried out with the use of a 16-channel EMG system. The surface EMG electrodes were placed on the fencer’s body along nine channels: arm muscles - deltoideus middle head (DEL), triceps brachii (TRI) and biceps brachii (BC); forearm muscles - extensor carpi radialis longus (ECR), flexor carpi radialis (FCR); postural (abdominal and back) muscles - the right and the left external oblique abdominal (EOA RT and LT) and latissimus dorsi (LD RT and LT). To assess the relative level of co-activation (simultaneous contraction of both muscles) for the TRI-BC, ECR-FCR, LD RT-EDA RT and LD LT-EDA LT muscle pairs, the co-activation index (CI) was calculated. The collected data were processed using Jamovi. The study hypotheses were verified at the level of significance of p≤0.05 (Welch’s t-test). The normal distribution of analyzed statistical features was checked with the Shapiro-Wilk test. The analysis of muscle activation time, as a percent ratio of three attempts executed in a series, confirmed the study assumptions. Fencers from Group A had a shorter activation time in all tested muscles, with the exception of the ECR (58.24), than fencers from Group B. This confirms that the activation of antagonist muscles representing a centrally programmed anticipatory mechanism stabilizing technical actions was particularly intensified in Group A fencers. The study results indicate that the standard co-activation index (CI) of key muscles involved in wheelchair fencing ranges from 48 to 51%. Sciendo 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9465737/ /pubmed/36196343 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0064 Text en © 2022 Zbigniew Borysiuk, Monika Błaszczyszyn, Katarzyna Piechota, Tadeusz Nowicki, published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
spellingShingle Section IV - Behavioural Sciences in Sport & Sport for the Disabled
Borysiuk, Zbigniew
Błaszczyszyn, Monika
Piechota, Katarzyna
Nowicki, Tadeusz
Movement Patterns of Polish National Paralympic Team Wheelchair Fencers with Regard To Muscle Activity and Co-Activation Time
title Movement Patterns of Polish National Paralympic Team Wheelchair Fencers with Regard To Muscle Activity and Co-Activation Time
title_full Movement Patterns of Polish National Paralympic Team Wheelchair Fencers with Regard To Muscle Activity and Co-Activation Time
title_fullStr Movement Patterns of Polish National Paralympic Team Wheelchair Fencers with Regard To Muscle Activity and Co-Activation Time
title_full_unstemmed Movement Patterns of Polish National Paralympic Team Wheelchair Fencers with Regard To Muscle Activity and Co-Activation Time
title_short Movement Patterns of Polish National Paralympic Team Wheelchair Fencers with Regard To Muscle Activity and Co-Activation Time
title_sort movement patterns of polish national paralympic team wheelchair fencers with regard to muscle activity and co-activation time
topic Section IV - Behavioural Sciences in Sport & Sport for the Disabled
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9465737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36196343
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-0064
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