ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2014
Neuromuscular adjustments of the knee extensors and plantar flexors following match-play tennis in the heat.
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- Core Body Temperatures in Intermittent Sports: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Cold-water immersion and whole-body cryotherapy attenuate muscle soreness during 3 days of match-like tennis protocol.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
- A study of intensity, fatigue and precision in two specific interval trainings in young tennis players: high-intensity interval training versus intermittent interval training.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2017Article
- Performance in complex motor tasks deteriorates in hyperthermic humans.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2017Article
- Heat stress does not exacerbate tennis-induced alterations in physical performance.British journal of sports medicine · 2014Article
- Tennis in hot and cool conditions decreases the rapid muscle torque production capacity of the knee extensors but not of the plantar flexors.British journal of sports medicine · 2014Article
- Coping with heat stress during match-play tennis: does an individualised hydration regimen enhance performance and recovery?British journal of sports medicine · 2014Article
- Competitive match-play tennis under heat stress: a challenge for all players.British journal of sports medicine · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study tested the hypothesis that impairments in lower limb maximal strength and voluntary activation (VA) are exacerbated following match-play tennis in hot compared with cool conditions.
methodsTorque and VA were evaluated during brief (5 s) and sustained (20 s) maximal voluntary isometric contractions of the knee extensors (KE) and plantar flexors (PF) in 12 male tennis players before (pre) and after (post, 24 h and 48 h) ∼115 min of play in hot (∼37°C) and cool (∼22°C) conditions.
resultsRectal temperature was higher following play in hot than in cool (∼39.2 vs ∼38.5°C; p<0.05). Torque production decreased from prematch to postmatch during the brief and sustained contractions in hot (KE: ∼22%; PF: ∼13%) and cool (KE: ∼9%, PF: ∼7%) (p<0.05). KE strength losses in hot were greater than in cool (p<0.05) and persisted for 24 h (p<0.05). Postmatch brief and sustained KE VA was lower in hot than in cool (p<0.05), in which VA was maintained. PF VA was maintained throughout the protocol. Peak twitch torque and maximum rates of torque development and relaxation in the KE and PF were equally reduced postmatch relative to prematch in hot and cool conditions (p<0.05), and were restored near baseline within 24 h.
conclusionsNeuromuscular system integrity of the lower limbs is compromised immediately following match-play tennis in hot and cool conditions due to the development of peripheral fatigue. The larger and persistent KE strength losses observed under heat stress are associated with greater levels of central fatigue especially during sustained contractions.
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