Electromyographic Evaluation of the Shoulder Muscle after a Fatiguing Isokinetic Protocol in Recreational Overhead Athletes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Experimental Procedures
2.3.1. Isokinetic Fatiguing Protocol
2.3.2. EMG Data Collection
2.3.3. Muscle Fatigue Assessment
2.3.4. Signal Analysis
2.3.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Isokinetic Measurements
3.2. Muscle Fatigue
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Torque | Internal Rotation | External Rotation | ||||
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Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | |
TINI (N·m) | 34.04 ± 9.78 | 30.46 ± 8.61 * | 29.38 ± 9.64 * | 26.47 ± 6.68 | 22.44 ± 6.52 * | 21.21 ± 6.15 * |
TFIN (N·m) | 24.94 ± 8.68 | 23.84 ± 8.57 | 22.83 ± 7.92 | 17.87 ± 4.83 | 15.68 ± 3.89 * | 15.21 ± 5.68 * |
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Klich, S.; Kawczyński, A.; Pietraszewski, B.; Zago, M.; Chen, A.; Smoter, M.; Hassanlouei, H.; Lovecchio, N. Electromyographic Evaluation of the Shoulder Muscle after a Fatiguing Isokinetic Protocol in Recreational Overhead Athletes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2516. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052516
Klich S, Kawczyński A, Pietraszewski B, Zago M, Chen A, Smoter M, Hassanlouei H, Lovecchio N. Electromyographic Evaluation of the Shoulder Muscle after a Fatiguing Isokinetic Protocol in Recreational Overhead Athletes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(5):2516. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052516
Chicago/Turabian StyleKlich, Sebastian, Adam Kawczyński, Bogdan Pietraszewski, Matteo Zago, Aiguo Chen, Małgorzata Smoter, Hamidollah Hassanlouei, and Nicola Lovecchio. 2021. "Electromyographic Evaluation of the Shoulder Muscle after a Fatiguing Isokinetic Protocol in Recreational Overhead Athletes" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5: 2516. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052516