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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Asymmetry in Muscle Activation and Co-Contraction Between Lower Limb During Zap-3 Flamenco Footwork.

Ningyi Zhang, Sebastián Gómez-Lozano, Ross Armstrong, Hui Liu, Ce Guo, Alfonso Vargas-Macías

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Ningyi ZhangPerforming Arts Research Group, Faculty of Sport, San Antonio Catholic University, 30107 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2282-7960
Sebastián Gómez-LozanoPerforming Arts Research Group, Faculty of Sport, San Antonio Catholic University, 30107 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4888-2930
Ross ArmstrongRehabilitation and Healthy Lives Research Group, Institute of Health, University of Cumbria, Carlisle CA1 2HH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8424-6854
Hui LiuBiomechanics Laboratory, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1793-0015
Ce GuoSchool of Athletic Performance, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.ORCID 0009-0006-3372-818X
Alfonso Vargas-MacíasTelethusa Centre for Flamenco Research, 11004 Cádiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1222-6133

Funding

Shanghai Key Lab of Human Performance(Shanghai University of sport) 11DZ2261100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to investigate asymmetries in muscle activation and co-contraction of main lower limb muscles during flamenco Zap-3 footwork with consideration of the footwork speed and dancer proficiency. Twelve flamenco dancers participated, including six professionals and six amateurs. Each participant performed the Zap-3 sequence under three speed conditions: 160 beats per minute (bpm), 180 bpm and the fastest speed level (F). The normalized surface electromyography was recorded in the gastrocnemius medialis (GM), biceps femoris (BF), tibialis anterior (TA) and rectus femoris (RF) in the dominant (DL) and non-dominant leg (NDL). The co-contraction index was also calculated for selected muscle pairs. The results showed that significant asymmetries occurred only in professional dancers and exclusively at the F speed level. Specifically, the value of the GM in the NDL was higher than that of the DL (

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DancingLower ExtremityMuscle ContractionMuscle, SkeletalAdultElectromyographyFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultasymmetrydanceinjurymusculoskeletalsurface EMG

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PMID40807993
PMCPMC12349614

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