Effects of seat height on whole-body movement and lower limb muscle power during sit-to-stand movements in young and older individuals

2021 ◽  
pp. 110813
Author(s):  
Keita Honda ◽  
Yusuke Sekiguchi ◽  
Akiko Sasaki ◽  
Satoko Shimazaki ◽  
Rie Suzuki ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Yang Cheng ◽  
Shun-Hwa Wei ◽  
Po-Yin Chen ◽  
Mei-Wun Tsai ◽  
I.-Chung Cheng ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Surachart Thongchoomsin ◽  
Sunee Bovonsunthonchai ◽  
Leonard Joseph ◽  
Samatchai Chamnongkich

Author(s):  
Alex Ireland ◽  
Uwe Mittag ◽  
Hans Degens ◽  
Dieter Felsenberg ◽  
Ari Heinonen ◽  
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AbstractThe age-related decline in muscle function, particularly muscle power, is associated with increased risk of important clinical outcomes. Physical activity is an important determinant of muscle function, and different types of physical activity e.g. power-based versus endurance-based exercise appear to have differential effects on muscle power. Cross-sectional studies suggest that participation in power-based exercise is associated with greater muscle power across adulthood but this has not been investigated longitudinally. We recruited eighty-nine male and female power and endurance master athletes (sprint and distance runners respectively, baseline age 35–90y). Using jumping mechanography, we measured lower limb muscle function during a vertical jump including at least two testing sessions longitudinally over 4.5 ± 2.4y. We examined effects of time, discipline (power/endurance) and sex in addition to two- and three-way interactions using linear mixed-effects models. Peak relative power, relative force and jump height, but not Esslingen Fitness Index (indicating peak power relative to sex and age-matched reference data) declined with time. Peak power, force, height and EFI were greater in power than endurance athletes. There were no sex, discipline or sex*discipline interactions with time for any variable, suggesting that changes were similar over time for athletes of both sexes and disciplines. Advantages in lower limb muscle function in power athletes were maintained with time, in line with previous cross-sectional studies. These results suggest that improvements in lower limb function in less active older individuals following power-based training persist with continued adherence, although this requires further investigation in interventional studies.


2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Handford ◽  
Fernando Martín Rivera ◽  
Sergio Maroto-Izquierdo ◽  
Jonathan D. Hughes

2001 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
pp. 821-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heydar Sadeghi ◽  
Somayeh Sadeghi ◽  
Paul Allard ◽  
Hubert Labelle ◽  
Morris Duhaime

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1337-1343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Giovanelli ◽  
Filippo Vaccari ◽  
Mirco Floreani ◽  
Enrico Rejc ◽  
Jasmine Copetti ◽  
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Purpose: Self-myofascial release (SMFR) is a type of self-massage that is becoming popular among athletes. However, SMFR’s effects on running performance have not yet been investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of SMFR on the cost of running (Cr). In addition, the authors evaluated the effects of SMFR on lower-limb muscle power. Methods: Cr and lower-limb muscle power during squat jump (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) were measured before (PRE), immediately after (POST), and 3 h after (POST 3h) an SMFR protocol (experimental condition). In the control-condition testing session, the same measurements were performed without undergoing the SMFR protocol. Experimental and control conditions were tested in a randomized order. Results: Cr at POST trended to increase compared with PRE (+6.2% [8.3%], P = .052), whereas at POST 3h, Cr was restored to PRE values (+0.28% [9.5%], P = .950). In the experimental condition, no significant effect of time was observed for maximal power exerted during SJ. By contrast, maximal power exerted during CMJ at POST and at POST 3h was significantly higher than that observed at PRE (+7.9% [6.3%], P = .002 and +10.0% [8.7%], P = .004, respectively). The rate of force development measured during CMJ also increased after SMFR, reaching statistical significance at 200 ms from force onset at POST 3h (+38.9%, P = .024). Conclusions: An acute use of foam rollers for SMFR performed immediately prior to running may negatively affect endurance running performance, but its use should be added before explosive motor performances that include stretch-shortening cycles.


2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Michael CHIA ◽  
Jin Jong QUEK

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese.The study investigated the log-linear muscle power of the lower limbs in a group of 13 to 14 year old boys and girls. Participants were 48 boys (stature: 1.69±0.05m; body mass: 57.9±11.8kg; lower limb muscle mass: 16.4±2.5kg) and 38 girls (stature: 1.59±0.06m; body mass: 57.7±7.6kg; lower limb muscle mass: 12.5±1.2kg). Lower limb muscle mass (LLMM) was determined using a dual energy X-ray absorptiometric (DEXA) procedure. Participants completed a 30s Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT) where peak power (PP) and mean power (MP) were expressed in relation to LLMM using log-linear adjustment procedures. Boys and girls had similar log-linear adjusted PP (495W vs. 488W, p>0.05) and MP (423W vs. 422W, p>0.05) when they were expressed in relation to LLMM. However, common b exponents that defined the allometric relationship between PP and MP, and LLMM in both boys and girls were 1.26 (SE 0.15), and 1.21 (SE 0.15), respectively. These were markedly different from the b exponent of 1.0 used in the ratio standard, or the 0.67 value predicted from geometric similarity theory. Despite a similar interpretation of data (i.e. no sex difference in lower limb muscle power in boys and girls) using either allometric modeling, allometric modeling of sample-specific exercise data is recommended to produce an appropriate size-independent variable, to allow appropriate comparisons in performance between boys and girls.本文以對數一線性修正法對13 — 14歲少年下肢力量進行了研究。測試對象為48名男孩(身高為1.69 ± 0.05米,體重為57.9 ± 11.8公斤,下肢去脂體重為16.4 ±2.5公斤)和38名女孩(身高為1.59 ± 0.06米,體重為57.7 ± 7.6公斤,下肢去脂體重為12.5 ± 1.2公斤)。以雙光能X光吸收儀(DEXA)測定受試者下肢的去脂體重。受試對象在自行車功率儀上完成30秒溫蓋特無氧功率測試 (Wingate Anaerobic Test, WAnT),以對數-線性修正法表示最高功率和平均功率與下肢去脂體重的關係。其結果顯不,男孩與女孩的最高功率分別為495瓦與488瓦(p>0.05),平均功率分別為423瓦與422瓦(p>0.05)。根據對數-線性修正法所得的最高功率和平均功率與下肢去脂體重關係的b指數分別1.26 (SE為0.15)與1.21 (SE為0.15),男女相同。此結果與常用標準比b指數為1,或應用幾何相似理論推測值0.67等方法所得的結果明顯不同。應用異速生長模型(對數-線性修正法)可測得與其實驗對象和運動形式相適應的形態機體指標,因而可較正確地比較少年男女之間的運動能力。


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