Electrostimulation Training Effects on diurnal Fluctuations of Neuromuscular Performance

H. Gueldich; N. Zarrouk; H. Chtourou; F. Zghal; S. Sahli; H. Rebai

doi:10.1055/s-0042-115033

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Int J Sports Med 2017; 38(1): 41-47
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-115033

Training & Testing

Electrostimulation Training Effects on diurnal Fluctuations of Neuromuscular Performance

H. Gueldich

¹Research Unit: “Education, Motricity, Sports and Health” (UR 15JS01), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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N. Zarrouk

¹Research Unit: “Education, Motricity, Sports and Health” (UR 15JS01), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

²Research Laboratory: “Medical Imaging Technologies” (LR 12ES06, TIM), Faculty of Medicine of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

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H. Chtourou

¹Research Unit: “Education, Motricity, Sports and Health” (UR 15JS01), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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F. Zghal

³Laboratoire Adaptations Métabolique à l’Exercice en Conditions Physiologiques et Pathologiques (AME2P, EA 3533), Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

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S. Sahli

¹Research Unit: “Education, Motricity, Sports and Health” (UR 15JS01), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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H. Rebai

¹Research Unit: “Education, Motricity, Sports and Health” (UR 15JS01), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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Abstract

This study examined the effects of electrostimulation (ES) strength training at the same time-of-day on the diurnal fluctuations of maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVIC) and surface electromyography (EMG). 20 male performed 3 MVICs of knee extension coupled with surface EMG before and after 5 weeks of 3 ES training sessions per week. Each ES training session consisted in 45 isometric contractions. The participants were randomly assigned to either a morning (MTG, 07:00–08:00 h) or an evening (ETG, 17:00–18:00 h) training group. Both groups performed the evaluation tests at 07:00 and 17:00 h. Before ES training, MVIC was significantly higher in the evening compared to the morning for all groups, but there was no significant difference between groups for all EMG parameters. After the ES training, the diurnal variations in MVIC were blunted in the MTG and persisted in the ETG. Significant time-of-day effect was noticed for all EMG parameters but there was no group effect. The elimination of the diurnal fluctuations of MVIC and the appearance of EMG variations by training in the morning hours suggest that neural adaptations are the main source of temporal specificity of neuromuscular performance after ES strength training.

Key words

diurnal fluctuations - time-of-day-specific training - electrostimulation - neuromuscular performances

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