ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2016
Comparison of tensiomyographic neuromuscular characteristics between muscles of the dominant and non-dominant lower extremity in male soccer players.
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- Changes in hamstring contractile properties during the competitive season in young football players.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Muscle Contractile Properties Measured by the Tensiomyography (TMG) Method in Top-Level Football Players of Different Playing Positions: The Case of Serbian Super League.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Effects of a Massage Protocol in Tensiomyographic and Myotonometric Proprieties.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Normative data and correlation between dynamic knee valgus and neuromuscular response among healthy active males: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Theory and usage of tensiomyography and the analysis method for the patient with low back pain.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2020Review
- Effect of diacutaneous fibrolysis on the muscular properties of gastrocnemius muscle.PloS one · 2020Article
- Clinical utility of tensiomyography for muscle function analysis in athletes.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2019Article
- Effect of a Repeated Sprint Ability test on the muscle contractile properties in elite futsal players.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Baseline Mechanical and Neuromuscular Profile of Knee Extensor and Flexor Muscles in Professional Soccer Players at the Start of the Pre-Season.Journal of human kinetics · 2017Article
- Biomechanical characteristics of skeletal muscles and associations between running speed and contraction time in 8- to 13-year-old children.The Journal of international medical research · 2017Article
- Effects of anterior cruciate ligament injury on neuromuscular tensiomyographic characteristics of the lower extremity in competitive male soccer players.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeTensiomyography (TMG) has been used to assess neuromuscular characteristics of muscles of the lower extremity in soccer players. However, the effects of lower extremity dominance on TMG characteristics in this population have not been reported to date. The purpose of this study was to compare the TMG neuromuscular characteristics between the dominant and non-dominant lower extremity in male soccer players.
methodsThirty-eight consecutive healthy male soccer players underwent resting TMG assessment of vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), rectus femoris (RF), semitendinosus (ST), biceps femoris (BF), gastrocnemius medialis (GM), and gastrocnemius lateralis (GL) in both lower extremities. The maximal displacement, delay time, contraction time, sustained time, and half-relaxation time were obtained and compared between both sides.
resultsThere were no significant differences in the vast majority of the TMG parameters between both lower extremities. The dominant side demonstrated higher VM contraction time (p = 0.008), RF sustained time (p = 0.009), RF half-relaxation time (p = 0.01), and BF sustained time (p = 0.04), but lower VL contraction time (p = 0.03) and VL delay time (p = 0.02) compared to the non-dominant side.
conclusionIn general, TMG-assessed neuromuscular characteristics of the VM, VL, RF, ST, BF, GM, and GL were not affected by lower extremity dominance in male soccer players. Therefore, there is no need to assess both sides when using TMG to monitor the response to training or muscles at risk of injury in soccer players unless there is a specific reason. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Prognostic study, Level II.
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