Electromyogram and Force During Stimulated Fatigue Tests of Muscles in Dominant and Non-dominant Hands

Overview

Journal Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol

Specialty Occupational Medicine

Date 1990 Jan 1

PMID 2335170

Citations 13

Authors

C Zijdewind

W Bosch

L Goessens

T W Kandou

D Kernell

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Abstract

Mechanical and electrical properties were studied for the first dorsal interosseous muscle of the dominant (d-FDI) and non-dominant hand (nd-FDI). Observations were made before, during and after a fatigue test, fatigue being evoked by percutaneous electrical stimulation of the ulnar nerve. The test consisted of 30 Hz bursts of ten supramaximal 0.1 ms pulses, repeated once a second for 5 min. The measurements included the amplitude of the first and fifth compound muscle action potentials (M-waves) within bursts, the peak burst force and the amplitude and time course of single twitches. At the end of the fatigue test, burst force had decreased to about the same extent in the FDI of both hands. The final decline in first M-wave amplitude was, however, significantly more pronounced for the nd-FDI than for the d-FDI. There were no longer any significant discrepancies between the two muscles after a subsequent recovery-period of 15 min. Comparisons among nd-FDI of various individuals demonstrated the presence of significant inter-individual differences in fatigue-related force-drop without any associated differences in M-wave decline. Intra-individual variability was similar for fatigue-related force-drop and M-wave decline.

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