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Effects of training on contractile properties of paralyzed quadriceps muscle
Author(s) -
Gerrits H.L.,
Hopman M.T.E.,
Sargeant A.J.,
Jones D.A.,
De Haan A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.10071
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , physical medicine and rehabilitation , regimen , stimulation , range of motion , quadriceps muscle , cardiology , anesthesia , physical therapy , spinal cord , psychiatry
Effects of two different training regimens on the contractile properties of the quadriceps muscle were studied in six individuals with spinal cord injury. Each subject had both limbs trained with the two regimens, consisting of stimulation with low frequencies (LF) at 10 H Z or high frequencies (HF) at 50 H Z ; one limb of each subject was stimulated with the LF protocol and the other with the HF regimen. Twelve weeks of daily training increased tetanic tension by ∼20%, which was not significantly different between training regimens. Interestingly, after HF but not LF training, the unusual high forces at the low frequency range of the force–frequency relationship decreased, possibly due to a reduced activation per impulse. After LF but not HF training, force oscillation amplitudes declined (by 33%) as relaxation tended to slow, which may have opposed possible effects of reduced activation as seen after HF training. Finally, fatigue resistance also increased rapidly after LF training (by 43%) but not after HF training. These results indicate that different types of training may selectively change different aspects of function in disused muscles. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Muscle Nerve 25: 000–000, 2002