Electromyographic responses of knee isokinetic and single-leg hop tests in athletes :dominant vs. non-dominant sides.

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      MUSCLE physiology; KNEE physiology; HAMSTRING muscle physiology; QUADRICEPS muscle physiology; EXERCISE tests; RECTUS femoris muscles; MUSCLE contraction; CONFIDENCE intervals; TIME; ONE-way analysis of variance; ATHLETES; T-test (Statistics); MUSCLE strength; REPEATED measures design; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL sampling; BIOMECHANICS; DATA analysis software
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      The purpose of the study is to perform the electromyographic (EMG) analysis of isokinetic and single-leg hop tests (SLHTs). We included 20 healthy male athletes (age: 23.18 years, height: 178.82 cm, weight: 73.76 kg and BMI: 47 kg/m2) voluntarily. Isokinetic knee strength tests at at 60°sec−1, 180°sec−1, 240°sec−1 velocities and different SLHTs; Single leg (SL), Triple leg (THD) and Crossover (CHD) hop for distance tests, 6 m timed-hop test (6 m THT), Single leg vertical jump test (VJ) were measured. Muscle activations of quadriceps (Q); vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), rectus femoris (RF) and hamstring (H); biceps femoris (BF) were obtained. There were significant differences in SL, THD, CHD and VJ in DS (p < 0.05).VJ revealed a statistical significance in NDS (p = 0.003). The comparison of the activations produced by the same muscles in different tests showed statistically significant differences in all the muscles for both sides (p < 0.05). In conclusion, we determined that the muscles produce similar activations in the isokinetic tests for both the DS and NDS, whereas there are differences in some of the SLHTs. The most active muscles were VM and RF (medial muscles) in isokinetic tests, and VL (lateral muscle) in SLHTs.g [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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