ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology1989
Muscle cross-sectional area and voluntary force production characteristics in elite strength- and endurance-trained athletes and sprinters.
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Abstract
Seven male elite strength-trained athletes (SA) from different weight categories, six elite sprinters (SPA) and seven elite endurance-trained athletes (EA) volunteered as subjects for examination of their muscle cross-sectional area (CSA), maximal voluntary isometric force, force-time and relaxation-time characteristics of the leg extensor muscles. The SA group demonstrated slightly greater CSA and maximal absolute strength than the SPA group, while the EA group demonstrated the smallest values both in CSA and especially in maximal strength (p less than 0.05). When the maximal forces were related to CSA of the muscles, the mean value for the SA group of 60.8 +/- 10.0 N.cm-2 remained slightly greater than that recorded in the SPA group 55.0 +/- 3.1 N.cm-2 and significantly greater (p less than 0.05) than that recorded in the EA group 49.3 +/- 4.0 N.cm-2. The mean value in the SPA was also significantly greater (p less than 0.05) than that of the EA group. The isometric force-time curves differed between the groups (p less than 0.05-0.01) so that the times taken to produce the same absolute force were the shortest in the SPA group and the longest in the EA group. With force expressed as a percentage of the maximum, the force-time curves showed that the SPA group demonstrated still shorter times to a given value (p less than 0.05), especially at the lower force levels, than the other two groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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