1. Leg muscles activities during hyperventilation following a cycling exercise
- Author
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David, Pascal, Mora, Isabelle, Terrien, Jérémy, Lelard, Thierry, Petitjean, Michel, Adaptations Physiologiques à l'Exercice et Réadaptation à l'effort - UR UPJV 3300 (APERE), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-CHU Amiens-Picardie, Biomécanique et Bioingénierie (BMBI), Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche sur le Sport et le Mouvement (CeRSM), Université Paris Nanterre (UPN), and CHU Amiens-Picardie-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,MESH: Hyperventilation/physiopathology ,MESH: Muscle Contraction ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Posture ,MESH: Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology ,MESH: Leg/physiopathology ,MESH: Postural Balance ,body sways ,Humans ,Hyperventilation ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Postural Balance ,Leg ,MESH: Humans ,MESH: Adult ,MESH: Posture ,leg muscles ,MESH: Male ,postural stability ,Exercise Test ,Physical Endurance ,Female ,MESH: Exercise Test ,MESH: Female ,MESH: Physical Endurance ,Muscle Contraction - Abstract
International audience; The goal of this study was to establish how increased ventilation modifies postural stability, as characterized by body sway and leg muscle activities. Twelve healthy subjects had to perform six 30-second postural tests: one pre-exercise test while breathing gently and then one test every minute for the five minutes immediately following a maximum-intensity, incremental cycling exercise test. Subjects were asked to maintain an upright stance on a force plate for 30 s, with their eyes open. Movement of the centre of pressure in the sagittal plane was monitored in the time and spectral domains. Myoelectric activities of the soleus and tibialis anterior muscles were recorded using surface electromyography. Ventilatory parameters were measured with a portable, telemetric device. Postural changes related to respiratory variations were quantified by coherence analysis. The results showed that hyperventilation induced by exercise was accompanied by a significant increase in postural parameters, indicating a reduction in postural stability following a change in ventilatory drive. Coherence analysis confirmed the ventilatory origin of the postural oscillations. The results suggest that ventilation may be an important factor in postural disturbance during physical activity. The observed increases in leg muscle activities were most likely related to musculo-articular stiffening.
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- 2010