ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Muscle Contraction Adaptations in Top-Level Karate Athletes Assessed by Tensiomyography.
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- Effects of olympic combat sports on physical fitness in non-athlete students: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Differences in Body Composition, Muscle Strength, and Power Between Young Karate Athletes of Different Competing Disciplines: A Pilot Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Sport Expertise and Twitch-Derived Agonist-Antagonist Contractile Ratio in Karate Athletes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Intermuscular Synchronization of Upper Leg Muscles and Training Level in Karate Kumite Practitioners.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Immediate Effect of Compression Contrast Therapy on Quadriceps Femoris Muscles' Regeneration in MMA Fighters.Journal of clinical medicine · 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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Abstract
backgroundThis paper aimed to compare the involuntary stimulated neuromuscular response of thigh muscles in top-level karate athletes and recreational groups.
methodsThe study included 13 male karate athletes (KAs) and 14 non-athlete male individuals (NAs). Tensiomyographic (TMG) measurements were obtained from the rectus femoris (RF), vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), biceps femoris (BF) and semitendinosus (ST).
resultsStatistically significant differences were observed between KAs and NAs in knee extensor/flexor delay time (Td), contraction time (Tc), total contraction time (Tct), maximal radial displacement of the muscle belly (Dm) and rate of muscle tension development (RMTD). On a group level, KA dominant-leg extensors and flexors and also non-dominant-leg knee flexors had significant differences when compared to NA. Tct is a TMG parameter in which the KAs and NAs differ the most in the case of the knee extensors, while flexor muscles differ the most in the RMTD parameter.
conclusionsThe lower Tct values indicate an improved ability of top-level karateka to make fast contractions of the agonist muscles. KAs' higher RMTD values suggest on strength characteristics needed in breaking actions of the antagonist muscles. Existence of contraction-relaxation-contraction neuromuscular pattern in the RF muscle suggests on implementation of training strategies that involves both rapid muscle contractions and relaxations.
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