Muscle Activation in Middle-Distance Athletes with Compression Stockings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Surface Electromyographic Activity (EMG)
2.4. Metabolic, Perceptual and Performance Variables
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Metabolic and Perceptual Variables at Submaximal Efforts (t > VT2)
3.2. Perceptual and Performance Variables at Maximal Effort (t1km)
3.3. Surface Electromyography
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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EMGrms (mV) | |||||||||||||
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GCSs | CNT | ||||||||||||
t > VT2 | t1km | t > VT2 | t1km | ||||||||||
BF | 0.320 | ± | 0.181 | 0.314 | ± | 0.196 | 0.323 | ± | 0.104 | 0.304 | ± | 0.304 | |
RF | 0.199 | ± | 0.058 | 0.194 | ± | 0.081 | 0.220 | ± | 0.085 | 0.192 | ± | 0.094 | |
VAL | 0.176 | ± | 0.075 | 0.168 | ± | 0.087 | 0.195 | ± | 0.086 | 0.189 | ± | 0.088 | |
VAM | 0.223 | ± | 0.053 | 0.212 | ± | 0.077 | 0.212 | ± | 0.077 | 0.235 | ± | 0.064 | |
SOL | 0.196 | ± | 0.116 | 0.164 | ± | 0.062 | 0.296 | ± | 0.115 | 0.295 | ± | 0.141 | |
GAM | 0.388 | ± | 0.289 | 0.331 | ± | 0.257 | 0.268 | ± | 0.101 | 0.233 | ± | 0.092 |
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Moreno-Pérez, D.; Marín, P.J.; López-Samanes, Á.; Cejuela-Anta, R.; Esteve-Lanao, J. Muscle Activation in Middle-Distance Athletes with Compression Stockings. Sensors 2020, 20, 1268. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20051268
Moreno-Pérez D, Marín PJ, López-Samanes Á, Cejuela-Anta R, Esteve-Lanao J. Muscle Activation in Middle-Distance Athletes with Compression Stockings. Sensors. 2020; 20(5):1268. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20051268
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoreno-Pérez, Diego, Pedro J. Marín, Álvaro López-Samanes, Roberto Cejuela-Anta, and Jonathan Esteve-Lanao. 2020. "Muscle Activation in Middle-Distance Athletes with Compression Stockings" Sensors 20, no. 5: 1268. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20051268