Lab Exam 1 Flashcards
What is EMG
Electromyography
The electrical current measured when an action potential passes along a muscle fiber towards the surface of the skin
What does emg activity represent
The traveling of an action potential
How does emg relate to muscle contraction
EMG and the electromyogram shows the recording of the electrical events of muscle contraction
What is the 2 raw responses
Amplitude - recruitment of motor units
Frequency - firing of motor units
What is the integrated response
Amplitude + frequency = recruitment and firing of the motor units
Motor unit recruitment we start with
Then
Then
Why do we recruit different motor units
SO
Then FOG
Then FG
As force goes up we have to recruit more motor units
When will a person produce a higher emg recording
Why
(PEOPLE USING SUB MAX FORCE)
When they use more of their max force
Because their workload is higher
What muscle fibers do we start off by using
What happens when fatigue kicks in
(MAX EFFORT OVER TIME)
All (SO, FOG, FG)
FG drops out
FOG then drops out
SO remains
What does local muscle fatigue precede
What depletes first
(MAX EFFORT OVER TIME)
Neural fatigue
ATP + CP
Then neurotransmitters
How do we know when neural fatigue is starting to kick in
When there is a significant drop in EMG
During sub max effort what happens to EMG as time increases
SUB MAX ACROSS TIME
Increase in EMG reponse
Because of the recruitment of FG and FOG fiber types as well as the slope of the integrated EMG combined with EMG activity of slow twitch motor units
Force production relationships:
Cross sectional area
Motor units/fiber type
Speed of movement
Greater area = greater force production
Greater FT muscle fibers = greater force production
Increase in speed = decrease in force production - because recruitment of ST motor units decreases
What is Isokinetic strength
Characteristics….
Has… To keep constant…
Higher torquel force for people with more FT muscle (assuming same area of muscle)
Involves maximal overload throughout the entire range of motion
Constant speed of movement as muscle contracts
Movement is in direction of force vector
Force is greater than resistance
Accomodating resistance gives a constant predetermined speed
What happens during a single effort contraction
Slow speed
Recruits ST and FT units
Individuals who have more FT will create a greater force production
FG > FOG > SO
Peak contractions at various speeds what will we see between the two individuals
Both will show decline in force production as speed increases
The individual with more FT muscle will show less decline = thicker axon and more intramuscular stores of myosin ATPase
At high speeds recruitment of SO ceases
FG>FOG>SO
Repeated contractions at constant speed will see that the individual will experience
As time goes on the individual with more ST muscle will show less of a decline in force production because More ST muscle = more myoglobin, mitochondria and oxidative enzymes = more ATP recycled
SO>FOG>FG
Endurance athletes have more
Sprinting athletes have more
ST Muscle
FT muscle
How do you work out % of FT
[(Pre - Post / Pre) / 0.009] - 5.2
Work (kgm) =
Force (kg) x distance (m)
Anaerobic power =
What does it measure
Rev. at 5 secs - rev at 0 secs x workload x 6
Measures the development of phospagen metabolism
Anaerobic capacity (kgm/30secs) =
What does it measure
Rev. at 30 seconds - Rev. at 0 secs x workload x 6
Measures the development of phosphagen and anaerobic glycolysis
Fatigue index =
Percentage of anaerobic power
[(kgm/first 5 secs - kgm/last 5 secs) / (kgm / first 5 secs)] x 100
Body weight =
lbs / 2.2
Workload =
What does it measure
(0.075 kp x Bw (kg)) = ______ kg of resistance to the nearest 0.25 kp
Measures the oxidative capacity of muscle by finding the percent decline in the work of first/last 5 secs
Sprinter tend to have a ____ work indices because ______
Higher
They have more FT muscle
A person with more lean muscle body weight will score _____ than a person with the same weight who has ____ distribution of fat
Higher
Higher
An individual with a high distribution of _____ should score high in all 3 work indices since they have _____ strength but _____ endurance
FT muscle (sprinter)
Higher
Less
** Body weight _____ effect the test results, it _____ used to determine the _______**
Does not
only is
Optimal pedaling resistance
What metabolic calculations are calculated by the computer
Oxygen uptake rate (VO2)
Carbon dioxide production rate (VCO2)
How do you convert VO2 ml/min into VO2 L/min =
What athletes does it better represent
(VO2 ml/min) / 1000ml
Better represents athletes whos body weight is supported e.g. swimmers
How do you converted VCO2 ml/min into VCO2 L/min
What athletes does it better represent
(VCO2 ml/min) / 1000 ml
Better represents athletes whos body weight is supported e.g. swimmers
RER or R value =
VCO2 / VO2
Carbon dioxide produced / oxygen consumed
** Once you have the _____ then use the chart***
R value
Kcal/min =
How do we find Kcal of CHO and fat usage
(Kcal/L of VO2) x VO2 L/min
Use chart to find Kcal of CHO and Kcal of Fat usage
VO2 in ml/kg/min =
What athletes does it better represent
(VO2 L/m x 1000) / BW (kg)
Better represents VO2 Max in athletes who carry own body weight
MET =
VO2 ml/kg/min = 3.5ml/kg/min
1 MET =
It is the _____
Known as _____
3.5 ml/kg/min of VO2
The oxygen needed to sustain body functions at rest
Resting metabolic rate
P - wave =
Depolarisation and contraction of atriums
QRS =
Depolarisation of ventricles
Atriums are repolarising and relaxing
T - wave =
Ventricles relax and repolarise
How do we measure max heart rate in:
Leg
Arm
Water based
220 - age
207 - age
208 - age
What two arteries can we monitor palpations
Radial or carotid artery