Recovery and Fatigue Behavior of Forearm Muscles during a Repetitive Power Grip Gesture in Racing Motorcycle Riders

Michel Marina, Priscila Torrado and Raul Bescós
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Michel Marina: Research Group in Physical Activity and Health (GRAFiS), Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08038 Barcelona, Spain
Priscila Torrado: Research Group in Physical Activity and Health (GRAFiS), Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08038 Barcelona, Spain
Raul Bescós: Plymouth Institute of Health and Care Research (PIHR), University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-14

Abstract: Despite a reduction in the maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVC isom ) observed systematically in intermittent fatigue protocols (IFP), decrements of the median frequency, assessed by surface electromyography (sEMG), has not been consistently verified. This study aimed to determine whether recovery periods of 60 s were too long to induce a reduction in the normalized median frequency (MF EMG ) of the flexor digitorum superficialis and carpi radialis muscles. Twenty-one road racing motorcycle riders performed an IFP that simulated the posture and braking gesture on a motorcycle. The MVC isom was reduced by 53% ( p < 0.001). A positive and significant relationship ( p < 0.005) was found between MF EMG and duration of the fatiguing task when 5 s contractions at 30% MVC isom were interspersed by 5 s recovery in both muscles. In contrast, no relationship was found ( p > 0.133) when 10 s contractions at 50% MVC were interspersed by 1 min recovery. Comparative analysis of variance (ANOVA) confirmed a decrement of MF EMG in the IFP at 30% MVC isom including short recovery periods with a duty cycle of 100% (5 s/5 s = 1), whereas no differences were observed in the IFP at 50% MVC isom and longer recovery periods, with a duty cycle of 16%. These findings show that recovery periods during IFP are more relevant than the intensity of MVC isom . Thus, we recommend the use of short recovery periods between 5 and 10 s after submaximal muscle contractions for specific forearm muscle training and testing purposes in motorcycle riders.

Keywords: handgrip; carpi radialis; flexor digitorum superficialis; neuromuscular fatigue; motorcycle; recovery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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