THE EFFECTS OF RUNNING VELOCITY AND LOWER EXTREMITY LOADING ON BIARTICULAR LEG MUSCLES DURING TREADMILL RUNNING

Authors

XIAO QI ZHANG, National Taiwan University of SportFollow
Chung-Yu Chen, National Taiwan University of SportFollow
Wen-Yu Chiu, National Taiwan University of SportFollow
Ti-Yu Chen, National Changhua University of EducationFollow

Category

Motor Control

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in muscle activity levels in treadmill running while using wearable resistance as a function of running speed. Nine recreational runners participated in this study; they were requested to perform the running without and with wearable resistance at four discrete speeds ranging from 2.5 to 7.0 m/s on a treadmill. The mass of wearable resistance was set at one third of each participant’s shank and foot mass. Repeated-measures two-way ANOVA analysis was then used to explore the effect of loaded and speed. The data showed that shank loading enlarged the activation amplitude of the biceps femoris (BF) for the concentric action of hip extension following the stretch of knee extension at a high running speed. The loaded condition facilitated the rectus femoris (RF) to be stretched.

Recommended Citation

ZHANG, XIAO QI; Chen, Chung-Yu; Chiu, Wen-Yu; and Chen, Ti-Yu (2023) "THE EFFECTS OF RUNNING VELOCITY AND LOWER EXTREMITY LOADING ON BIARTICULAR LEG MUSCLES DURING TREADMILL RUNNING," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 41: Iss. 1, Article 118.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol41/iss1/118