Michael Gundill est professeur de bricolage

10/12/2011

Différences d’activation neuro-musculaire entre élastique et poids

29/10/2011

Muscle fatigue induced by two different resistances: Elastic tubing versus weight machines
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology Volume 21, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 954-959 G. Melchiorri

Elastic tubes are devices relatively inexpensive, easy to use, portable and safe, which are claimed to provide advantages with respect to training with free weights or weight machine. The aim of this work was to assess neuromuscular modification induced by the use of two different muscle contraction modalities (elastic versus weight resistances) until exhaustion. Fourteen healthy physically active male students (age: 28 ± 6 years; body mass 72.1 ± 11.0 kg; height: 173.5 ± 6.9 cm) were recruited. They were requested to reach exhaustion with dynamic contraction at 70% of their own One Repetition Maximal (1RM) using, in two different days and in random order, Thera Band® tubes or traditional weight plates on an arm machine designed and built for those tasks. Before and after such contractions a standardized fatiguing isometric test (3 Maximal Voluntary Contractions, MVC plus 60 s at 60% MVC) was requested to assess differences induced by the exhaustion sessions. During fatiguing tests surface EMG signals were recorded from biceps brachii muscle with linear arrays of eight electrodes (silver bars 10 mm apart, 5 mm long, and 1 mm diameter) in single differential configuration. Initial values and rates of change of Average Rectified Value (ARV), MeaN power Frequency (MNF) and muscle fiber Conduction Velocity (CV) were calculated to compare the effects of the two contraction modalities. No differences were found between “elastic session” and “weight session” PRE MVCs (31.9 ± 8.8 and 29.9 ± 8.3 nm, respectively) and endurance times (28 ± 6 and 26 ± 7 s, respectively). The same was observed for POST values. During the post-contraction isometric fatigue test, the only parameters influenced by the contraction modality were the initial CV and the rate of change in CV which were 12% and 37% greater (p

< 0.05) respectively after contractions performed with elastic resistance compared to free weights.

These findings confirm others for which contractions done with the use of elastic band seem to require greater muscle activation; moreover, they highlight a sort of “muscle conditioning” after that specific contraction modality which requires the use of faster motor units. It is thus possible to consider the practical use of such elastic devices to increase the neuromuscular activation, for instance in specific rehabilitation settings where slow movements with minimal risk of injury are requested (post surgery rehabilitation, physical activity with elderly people or children).

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Impacts des ultrasons sur l’IGF musculaire

14/10/2011

Therapeutic Ultrasound Affects IGF-1 Splice Variant Expression in Human Skeletal Muscle
Diana C. Delgado-Diaz
Am J Sports Med October 2011 vol. 39 no. 10 2233-2241

Background: Animal models of skeletal muscle damage and repair demonstrate that therapeutic ultrasound (TUS) enhances muscle force recovery after damage, increases satellite cell proliferation, and decreases insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 splice variant (mechano growth factor) gene expression. However, these effects have not been verified in humans.

Purpose: This study was undertaken to examine the 3 known splice variants of the IGF-1 gene in human skeletal muscle after damage and TUS treatment.

Study Design: Controlled laboratory study.

Methods: Sixteen healthy men (18-29 years of age), physically active, were randomized to either a control (CON) or experimental group (EXP). The EXP group underwent 200 lengthening contractions (muscle damage) of the quadriceps of both legs, 48 hours before TUS. Both groups received TUS, delivered for 10 minutes on a standardized area of the vastus lateralis of only 1 leg (1.0 MHz, 1.5 W/cm2). Bilateral muscle biopsy samples were taken from all participants, 6 hours after TUS. Total RNA was extracted, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction conducted for each IGF-1 splice variant.

Results: Muscle damage was confirmed by a decrease in the isometric peak torque and increase in creatine kinase activity levels 48 hours after damage (P < .01). After muscle damage, gene expression of total IGF-1 and 2 IGF-1 splice variants increased. Therapeutic ultrasound induced significant increase in IGF-1Eb gene expression in undamaged muscle (1.4 ± 0.2-fold, P < 0.01). In damaged skeletal muscle, no significant change in gene expression attributable to TUS was determined.

Conclusion: Insulin-like growth factor–1 splice variants are differentially regulated in human skeletal muscle in response to exercise-induced muscle damage and TUS treatment. A single treatment of TUS in damaged muscle induces no change in the gene expression of the 3 IGF-1 splice variants in humans. In contrast, in undamaged skeletal muscle, TUS significantly increased IGF-1Eb splice variant gene expression.

Clinical Relevance: These findings suggest that TUS may have additional therapeutic uses beyond its current common practice but may not be effective for muscle injury treatment in a young, healthy population.

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