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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Localized Electrical Impedance Myography of the Biceps Brachii Muscle during Different Levels of Isometric Contraction and Fatigue.

Le Li, Henry Shin, Xiaoyan Li, Sheng Li, Ping Zhou

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Le LiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. Le.Li@uth.tmc.edu.
Henry ShinDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Henry.Shin@uth.tmc.edu.
Xiaoyan LiDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Xiaoyan.Li@uth.tmc.edu.
Sheng LiDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Sheng.Li@uth.tmc.edu.
Ping ZhouDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Ping.Zhou.1@uth.tmc.edu.

Funding

High Density Surface EMG Assessment of Motor Unit Alterations after StrokeR01NS080839 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ZHOU, PING · 2014 to 2017
$1.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS080839
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study assessed changes in electrical impedance myography (EIM) at different levels of isometric muscle contraction as well as during exhaustive exercise at 60% maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) until task failure. The EIM was performed on the biceps brachii muscle of 19 healthy subjects. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the muscle resistance (R) measured during the isometric contraction and when the muscle was completely relaxed. Post hoc analysis shows that the resistance increased at higher contractions (both 60% MVC and MVC), however, there were no significant changes in muscle reactance (X) during the isometric contractions. The resistance also changed during different stages of the fatigue task and there were significant decreases from the beginning of the contraction to task failure as well as between task failure and post fatigue rest. Although our results demonstrated an increase in resistance during isometric contraction, the changes were within 10% of the baseline value. These changes might be related to the modest alterations in muscle architecture during a contraction. The decrease in resistance seen with muscle fatigue may be explained by an accumulation of metabolites in the muscle tissue.

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Electric ImpedanceElectromyographyHumansIsometric ContractionMuscle ContractionMuscle FatigueMuscle, SkeletalMyographyelectrical impedance myographyfatiguemuscle contraction

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PMID27110795
PMCPMC4851095

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