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ArticleJournal of athletic training

Changes in strength, endurance, and fatigue during a resistance-training program for the triceps brachii muscle.

Jelena Z Popadic Gacesa, Aleksandar V Klasnja, Nikola G Grujic

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Article in Journal of athletic training. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jelena Z Popadic GacesaLaboratory for Functional Diagnostics, Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Aleksandar V Klasnja
Nikola G Grujic
University of Novi Sad · RS

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextAs a result of the adaptation process, some functional properties show different functions over time during strength training. Muscle strength and fatigue may show different adaptation patterns in reaching the improvement plateau after several weeks of training.

objectiveTo follow muscle endurance and fatigue values during resistance training of the elbow extensors in young nonathletes.

designDescriptive laboratory study.

settingControlled laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER

participantsNineteen healthy young nonathletes (age = 21.0 ± 1.1 years; body mass index = 25.2 ± 2.9 kg/m(2)). INTERVENTION(S): Triceps brachii resistance training was performed on the isoacceleration dynamometer for 10 weeks (frequency = 5 times a week, 5 sets of 10 maximal elbow extensions, 1-minute resting period between sets). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Measurements of endurance strength and fatigability were conducted using the same equipment, and endurance strength (ES), fatigue rate (FR), and decrease in strength (DS) were defined.

resultsAll measured values for triceps brachii strength changed after training (ES increased by 57%, FR decreased by 68%, and DS improved by 59%; P < .001). No correlation was found between ES and the fatigability values-FR and DS (r(2) = 0.37 for FR and r(2) = 0.04 for DS; P > .05). The FR and DS trends showed specific functions, which reached a plateau after 4 weeks of training, and we found no further weekly changes in these values as the training continued. As an adaptation to exercise, ES showed a continuous, yet not linear, increase.

conclusionsFatigability in the triceps brachii decreased in the first 4 weeks of training. After that period, muscle functional properties improved as a result of increased endurance.

Indexed as

AdultAthletesElbowElbow JointFatigueForearmHumansMaleMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthPhysical Conditioning, HumanPhysical EnduranceResistance TrainingYoung Adult

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PMID23914910
PMCPMC3867092
OpenAlexW2120391644

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