Effect of lower limb massage on electromyography and force production of the knee extensors

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-118

  Hunter, A M ^a   Watt, J M ^a   Watt, V ^a   Galloway, S D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MASSAGE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 33644836342     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.019075     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Galloway SD, Watt JM. Massage provision by physiotherapists at major athletics events between 1987 and 1998. Br J Sports Med 2004;38:235-6.
2. Robertson A, Watt JM, Galloway SD. Effects of leg massage on recovery from high intensity cycling exercise. Br J Sports Med 2004;38:173-6.
3. Goodwin JE. A comparison of massage and sub-maximal exercise as warm-up protocols combined with a stretch for vertical jump performance. J Sports Sci 2002;20:48-9.
4. Hernandez-Reif M, Field T, Krasnegor J, et al. Lower back pain is reduced and range of motion increased after massage therapy. Int J Neurosci 2001;106:131-45.
5. Wiktorsson-Moller M, Oberg B, Ekstrand J, et al. Effects of warming up, massage, and stretching on range of motion and muscle strength in the lower extremity. Am J Sports Med 1983;11:249-52.
6. Behm DG, Button DC, Butt JC. Factors affecting force loss with prolonged stretching. Can J Appl Physiol 2001;26:261-72.
7. Goldberg J, Sullivan SJ, Seaborne DE. The effect of two intensities of massage on H-reflex amplitude. Phys Ther 1992;72:449-57.
8. Goldberg J, Seaborne DE, Sullivan SJ, et al. The effect of therapeutic massage on H-reflex amplitude in persons with a spinal cord injury. Phys Ther 1994;74:728-37.
9. Dishman JD, Bulbulian R. Comparison of effects of spinal manipulation and massage on motoneuron excitability. Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 2001;41:97-106.
10. Sullivan SJ, Williams LR, Seaborne DE, et al. Effects of massage on alpha motoneuron excitability. Phys Ther 1991;71:555-60.
11. Morelli M, Seaborne DE, Sullivan SJ. H-reflex modulation during manual muscle massage of human triceps surae. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1991;72:915-19.
12. Lowery M, O'Malley M, Vaughan C, et al. A physiologically based stimulation of the electromyographic signal. Proceedings of the 12th International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, 1998.
13. Lo Conte LR, Merletti R. Estimating EMG spectral compression: comparison of four indices. 18th Ann Int Cong IEEE Eng Med Biol Sci 1996;5:2-5.
14. Merletti R, Lo Conte LR. Advances in processing of surface myoelectric signals: part 1. Med Biol Eng Comput 1995;33:362-72.
15. Watt J. Massage for sport. Marlborough: Crowood Press, 1999.
16. De Luca CJ, Erim Z. Common drive of motor units in regulation of muscle force. Trends Neurosci 1994;17:299-305.
17. DeVries HA. Method for evaluation of muscle fatigue and endurance from electromyographic fatigue curves. Am J Phys Med 1968;47:125-35.
18. deVries HA, Moritani T, Nagata A, et al. The relation between critical power and neuromuscular fatigue as estimated from electromyographic data. Ergonomics 1982;25:783-91.
19. Moritani T, Nagata A, Muro M. Electromyographic manifestations of muscular fatigue. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1982;14:198-202.
20. Lindstrom L, Magnusson R, Petersen I. Muscular fatigue and action potential conduction velocity changes studied with frequency analysis of EMG signals. Electromyography 1970;10:341-56.
21. Stulen FB, DeLuca CJ. Frequency parameters of the myoelectric signal as a measure of muscle conduction velocity. IEEE trans Biomed Eng 1981;28:515-23.
22. Leonard CT, Kane J, Perdaems J, et al. Neural modulation of muscle contractile properties during fatigue: afferent feedback dependence. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1994;93:209-17.
23. Marginson V, Eston R. The relationship between torque and joint angle during knee extension in boys and men. J Sports Sci 2001;19:875-80.
24. Rassier DE, MacIntosh BR, Herzog W. Length dependence of active force production in skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol 1999;86:1445-57.
25. Edman KA, Reggiani C. Redistribution of sarcomere length during isometric contraction of frog muscle fibres and its relation to tension creep. J Physiol 1984;351:169-98.
26. Gordon AM, Huxley AF, Julian FJ. The variation in isometric tension with sarcomere length in vertebrate muscle fibres. J Physiol 1966;184:170-92.
27. Aratow M, Ballard RE, Crenshaw AG, et al. Intramuscular pressure and electromyography as indexes of force during isokinetic exercise. J Appl Physiol 1993;74:2634-40.
28. Nelson AG, Guillory IK, Cornwell C, et al. Inhibition of maximal voluntary isokinetic torque production following stretching is velocity-specific. J Strength Cond Res 2001;15:241-6.
29. Hinds T, McEwan I, Perkes J, et al. Effects of massage on limb and skin blood flow after quadriceps exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004;36:1308-13.
30. Hill AV. The heat of shortening and the dynamic constants of muscle. Proc R Soc B 1938:122-38.
31. Spurway NC. Muscle. In: Basic and applied sciences for sports medicine. Guildford: Butterworth Heineman, 1999:1-47.