TY - JOUR
T1 - Quadriceps electromyography during flywheel-based inertial training (FIT) and dynamic constant external resistance (DCER) squats at similar tempo
AU - Bollinger, Lance M.
AU - Brantley, Jason T.
AU - Carpenter, Rebekah S.
AU - Haydon, Mariam A.
AU - Best, Stuart
AU - Abel, Mark G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Flywheel-based iso-inertial training (FIT) has been purported to provide enhanced adaptations to muscle overload compared to dynamic constant external resistance (DCER), but previous studies have not controlled for exercise intensity. We compared quadriceps electromyography (EMG) amplitude between FIT- and DCER-squats with similar tempo. Eleven (5 M and 6F) resistance-trained participants completed sets of five maximal velocity FIT (0.025 kg∙m2) and DCER (55 ± 15 %1RM) squats. Sagittal plane knee joint angles and surface EMG activity of the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM) and rectus femoris (RF) were measured. Repetition time and peak knee angles were similar between FIT and DCER squats. Mean knee angular velocity during the concentric (122.2 ± 23.6 vs. 108.9 ± 22.9, p = 0.022, Cohen’s D: 0.820), but not eccentric, phase was significantly greater during FIT. Peak VM (210.4 ± 49.3 vs. 177.5 ± 56.3 %MVIC, p = 0.001; Cohen’s D: 1.416), but not VL or RF, EMG amplitude was significantly greater in FIT compared to DCER. Mean EMG amplitude was significantly (p < 0.001) greater during the concentric than the eccentric phase for the VL and VM but not RF. Mean EMG amplitude was not significantly different between modes during either the concentric or eccentric phase. Quadriceps EMG amplitude is largely similar between FIT and DCER squats when matched for movement velocity.
AB - Flywheel-based iso-inertial training (FIT) has been purported to provide enhanced adaptations to muscle overload compared to dynamic constant external resistance (DCER), but previous studies have not controlled for exercise intensity. We compared quadriceps electromyography (EMG) amplitude between FIT- and DCER-squats with similar tempo. Eleven (5 M and 6F) resistance-trained participants completed sets of five maximal velocity FIT (0.025 kg∙m2) and DCER (55 ± 15 %1RM) squats. Sagittal plane knee joint angles and surface EMG activity of the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM) and rectus femoris (RF) were measured. Repetition time and peak knee angles were similar between FIT and DCER squats. Mean knee angular velocity during the concentric (122.2 ± 23.6 vs. 108.9 ± 22.9, p = 0.022, Cohen’s D: 0.820), but not eccentric, phase was significantly greater during FIT. Peak VM (210.4 ± 49.3 vs. 177.5 ± 56.3 %MVIC, p = 0.001; Cohen’s D: 1.416), but not VL or RF, EMG amplitude was significantly greater in FIT compared to DCER. Mean EMG amplitude was significantly (p < 0.001) greater during the concentric than the eccentric phase for the VL and VM but not RF. Mean EMG amplitude was not significantly different between modes during either the concentric or eccentric phase. Quadriceps EMG amplitude is largely similar between FIT and DCER squats when matched for movement velocity.
KW - EMG
KW - Isoinertial
KW - neuromuscular
KW - resistance training
KW - velocity-based training
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U2 - 10.1080/14763141.2022.2071330
DO - 10.1080/14763141.2022.2071330
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130393301
SN - 1476-3141
JO - Sports Biomechanics
JF - Sports Biomechanics
ER -