Different muscle action training protocols on quadriceps-hamstrings neuromuscular adaptations

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

27330

Comments

Ruas, C. V., Brown, L. E., Lima, C. D., Haff, G. G., & Pinto, R. S. (2018). Different Muscle Action Training Protocols on Quadriceps-Hamstrings Neuromuscular Adaptations. International journal of sports medicine, 39(05), 355-365. Available here

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare three specific concentric and eccentric muscle action training protocols on quadriceps-hamstrings neuromuscular adaptations. Forty male volunteers performed 6 weeks of training (two sessions/week) of their dominant and non-dominant legs on an isokinetic dynamometer. They were randomly assigned to one of four groups; concentric quadriceps and concentric hamstrings (CON/CON, n=10), eccentric quadriceps and eccentric hamstrings (ECC/ECC, n=10), concentric quadriceps and eccentric hamstrings (CON/ECC, n=10), or no training (CTRL, n=10). Intensity of training was increased every week by decreasing the angular velocity for concentric and increasing it for eccentric groups in 30°/s increments. Volume of training was increased by adding one set every week. Dominant leg quadriceps and hamstrings muscle thickness, muscle quality, muscle activation, muscle coactivation, and electromechanical delay were tested before and after training. Results revealed that all training groups similarly increased MT of quadriceps and hamstrings compared to control (p0.05). These findings suggest that different short-term muscle action isokinetic training protocols elicit similar muscle size increases in hamstrings and quadriceps, but not for other neuromuscular variables. Nevertheless, effect sizes indicate that CON/ECC and ECC/ECC may elicit the greatest magnitude of change in muscle hypertrophy.

DOI

10.1055/s-0044-100391

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