Bilateral deficit in power production during multi-joint leg extensions

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the presence of the bilateral deficit both as a function of overall and individual joint power. Most studies addressing the deficit have assessed force; however, in most sporting events maximal power is more important than maximal force production. To address this, in the current study we assessed the bilateral deficit for multi-joint movements as measured by overall lower extremity and individual joint power. We assessed power production using an isokinetic machine permitting both unilateral and bilateral leg extensions. Several significant effects and interactions between the contraction type (unilateral, bilateral, alternating unilateral), side of the body, lower extremity joint, and percentage of a 1-RM load were revealed. All interactions were between the lower extremity joints (hip, knee, ankle) and involved the contraction protocol (P=0.001), the percentage of 1-RM load (P=0.0002), and the side of the body (P=0.0003). Taken together, the results indicate that the bilateral deficit is manifested using a measure of power, but more importantly, the deficit has differential implications based on the overall resistance, and various joints involved in the movement. In conclusion, a reduction in power generation was evidenced for both simultaneous contractions of the leg extensors as well as reciprocal contractions. With reduced contributions from the knee joint during bilateral and reciprocal contractions, combined with past research demonstrating differential activation of mono-articular knee joint muscles, evidence for reduced contributions from the peripheral nervous system are suggested based on the results of this study.     

Resultant muscle torque and electromyographic activity during high intensity elastic resistance and free weight exercises

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to quantify and compare Resultant Muscle Torque (RMT) and muscle activation (EMG) pattern, during resistance exercise comprising eight repetitions maximum (8 RM) biceps curl with elastic resistance and free weight exercise. Sixteen male and female recreationally active subjects completed 8 RM biceps curl by each of three modalities of resistance exercise: (i) dumbbell (DB), (ii) elastic tubing with original un-stretched length at the commencement of contraction (E0), and (iii) elastic tubing with 30% decrement of original length (E30) at the commencement of contraction. The magnitude of muscle activation, external force, acceleration as well as range of motion (ROM) were quantified and synchronised by specific software. The data were collected from all eight repetitions but the first (initial), the fifth (middle) and the eighth (last) repetitions were selected for further data analysis. Each selected repetition was partitioned into a concentric and eccentric phase and then each phase was further divided into three equal segments (3 concentric and 3 eccentric = 6 segments per repetition). The EMG and RMT data demonstrated a bell-shaped muscle activation and muscle torque production pattern for the three modes of exercise. The E30 resulted in 15.40% and 14.89% higher total EMG (µV) as well as 36.85% and 17.71% higher RMT (N · m) than E0 and DB, respectively (all P <0.05). These findings support the contention that an elastic resistance device (E30) has the capacity to provide an appropriate high resistance stimulus to meet the training requirement of elite athletes.     

A comparison of muscle activity and 1-RM strength of three chest-press exercises with different stability requirements

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare one-repetition maximum (1-RM) and muscle activity in three chest-press exercises with different stability requirements (Smith machine, barbell, and dumbbells). Twelve healthy, resistance-trained males (age 22.7 ± 1.7 years, body mass 78.6 ± 7.6 kg, stature 1.80 ± 0.06 m) were tested for 1-RM of the three chest-press exercises in counterbalanced order with 3–5 days of rest between the exercises. One-repetition maximum and electromyographic activity of the pectoralis major, deltoid anterior, biceps, and triceps brachii were recorded in the exercises. The dumbbell load was 14% less than that for the Smith machine (P ≤ 0.001, effect size [ES] = 1.05) and 17% less than that for the barbell (P ≤ 0.001, ES = 1.11). The barbell load was ～3% higher than that for the Smith machine (P = 0.016, ES = 0.18). Electrical activity in the pectoralis major and anterior deltoid did not differ during the lifts. Electrical activity in the biceps brachii increased with stability requirements (i.e. Smith machine <barbell <dumbbells; P ≤ 0.005; ES = 0.57, 1.46, and 2.00, respectively), while triceps brachii activity was reduced using dumbbells versus barbell (P = 0.007, ES = 0.73) and dumbbells versus Smith machine (P = 0.003, ES = 0.62). In conclusion, high stability requirements in the chest press (dumbbells) result in similar (pectoralis major and anterior deltoid), lower (triceps brachii) or higher (biceps brachii) muscle activity. These findings have implications for athletic training and rehabilitation.     

非垄断企业的价格博弈

利用博弈论的基本原理,研究非垄断企业的价格博弈,论证价格博弈的必然结果是两败俱伤,给出企业走向双赢的策略选择.     

勾股逆定理的推广

用导数方法对勾股逆定理进行了推广，得到了如下结果：在△ABC中，若△a~x＋b~x＝c~x，其中x∈R－［0，1」，则1）当x∈（－∞，0）∪（1，2］时，Cmax＝；2）当x∈［2，＋∞）时，Cmin＝．此外，给出了上述结果的两个推论及其应用．     

Land cover change in Ningbo and its surrounding area of Zhejiang Province,1987～2000

INTRODUCTION Land use and land cover change (LUCC) has become an increasingly important aspect of global environmental change and is a multi-disciplinary subject where geophysicist, bio-physicists and socio-economists meet one another. Land cover is an expression of human activities and, as such, changes with changes in land use and management (Louisa and Antonio, 2001), and land cover change could be regarded as change in biotic diversity, actual and potential productivity, soil quality…     

企业激励的成本与收益分析

企业激励的成本与收益是并存的，企业将激励做到何种程度取决于其成本与收益的均衡，从经济学角度去分析企业激励的成本与收益，可以得出企业激励的绩效大小不在于是否采用了激励，或为激励员工而投入多少资本，或能获得多少收益等绝对指标，而在于企业采用激励所带来的收益与其成本的相对比率。     

Application of the Bayes＇ theory to the failure rate evaluation of electrical apparatus

The Weibull distribution has been widely used in reliability fields. A mixed Weibull distribution represents a population that consists of several Weibull subpopulations. In this paper, a new approach which combines the least-squares method with Bayes＇ theorem, takes advantage of the parameter estimation for single Weibull distribution is developed to estimate the parameters of each subpopulation. The estimates given by this paper also satisfy the maximum likelihood equation. The estimates of the failure rate of the mixed Weibull population are given. An actual test data is computed by using the proposed method. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-of-fit test turns out that the proposed method yields more accurate result.     

最优停止规则在多种选择中的应用

众所周知,在n种物品中选择k种优秀物品是常发生的事。问题是按怎样的选择方式才能使选到的优秀物品的可能性最大。本文应用最优停时定理给出了在n种物品中选择k种物品的一般数学模型及最优选择规则的求解方程;本文还就k等于2给出了最优规则τ_1~α,n及按此规则进行选择所能得到的概率P~2——在n种物品中选择2种优秀物品的最大概率。     

太阳电池发电系统的最佳功率流控制

本文提出一种实现太阳电池输出最大功率的跟踪控制方法,给出实验结果,证实这一控制方法的可行性和有效性。文中还讨论了太阳电池发电系统最佳功率流控制的实现方法以及补偿无功功率和谐波失真等问题.