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Publication Date: 2024
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Reliability of Quadriceps Twitch Muscle Properties and Explosive Voluntary Contractions at Different Knee Joint Angles
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, v28 n4 p377-390 2024
Background: Measures that assess muscle strength and its development, either voluntarily or involuntarily, are important in the clinical and research context. The main aim of this study was to verify the interday reliability and the minimum detectable change (MDC) of the knee extensors muscles torque using evoked contractions and explosive voluntary contractions (EVC), across six different joint angles. Methods: 20 participants, 16 men and 4 women (26.5 ± 6.6 years; 174.5 ± 11.1 cm; 73.7 ± 11.3 kg), participated in this study. Evoked twitch contractions and voluntary explosive contractions of the knee extensors were performed in 2 days (test-retest) at 20, 40, 70, 90, 105 and 115 degrees. Results: The most reliable twitch parameters were peak torque (PT), contraction time (CT), half relaxation-time (½ time), total impulse and peak rate of torque development (RTD[subscript Peak]), with coefficient of variation (CV) ranging from [approximately] 8% at 20° to 5% at 115° angle. It was verified that CT and ½ time become more reliable as the knee angle changed from 20 to 115 degrees, from shorter to longer muscle lengths (7.3 to 2.7% and 8.8% to 4.0%, respectively). The more reliable parameters for voluntary contraction were PT, RTD[subscript 250 ms], RTD[subscript Peak] and impulse[subscript 250 ms] (CV from around [approximately] 8% at 20°/115° and 5% at 70°/90°). For voluntary contractions, all measures performed at 70° angle were more reliable compared to the other angles. Conclusion: It was concluded that for the knee extensor muscles, evoked twitch contractions presented greater reliability across knee angles, with lower CV values when compared to the voluntary measures for the same time windows. Specifically, for the evoked twitch contractions, angles from 70 to 115 degree proved to be highly reliable. On the other hand, for the voluntary contractions, the central angles (70 and 90 degree) were the most reliable.
Descriptors: Human Body, Physiology, Motor Reactions, Muscular Strength, Measurement Techniques, Young Adults, Reliability
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