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Effects of isokinetic training of the knee extensors on high-intensity exercise performance and skeletal muscle buffering.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8055896     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Twenty-three subjects isokinetically trained the right and left quadriceps femoris, three times per week for 16 weeks; one group (n = 13) trained at an angular velocity of 4.19 rad.s-1 and a second group (n = 10), at 1.05 rad.s-1. A control group (n = 10) performed no training. Isometric endurance time at 60% quadriceps maximum voluntary contraction (MVC), mean power output and work done (W) during all-out cycling, and the muscle buffer value (B) and carnosine concentration of biopsy samples from the vastus lateralis, were all assessed before and after training. The two training groups did not differ significantly from each other in their training response to any of these variables (P < 0.05). No significant difference in either 60% MVC endurance time or impulse [(endurance time x force) at 60% MVC] was observed for any group after the 16 week period (P > 0.05). However, the post-training increase (9%) in W during high-intensity cycling was greater in the training group than in the control group (P = 0.04). Neither B nor carnosine concentration showed any significant change following training (P = 0.56 and P = 0.37, respectively). It is concluded that 16 weeks of isokinetic training of the knee extensors enables subjects to do more work during high-intensity cycling. Although the precise adaptations responsible for the improved performance have yet to be identified, they are unlikely to include an increase in B.
Authors:
A F Mannion; P M Jakeman; P L Willan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology     Volume:  68     ISSN:  0301-5548     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol     Publication Date:  1994  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-09-15     Completed Date:  1994-09-15     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410266     Medline TA:  Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  356-61     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, England.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Buffers
Carnosine / metabolism
Exercise Test
Female
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Isometric Contraction
Knee / physiology*
Male
Muscles / metabolism,  physiology*
Physical Education and Training*
Physical Endurance*
Physical Exertion*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Buffers; 305-84-0/Carnosine

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