PMID: 3747804Aug 1, 1986Paper

Co-activation of sprinter and distance runner muscles in isokinetic exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
L R OsternigR Robertson

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of co-activation of quadriceps and hamstring musculature in sprinters and distance runners. Nine female intercollegiate track athletes performed maximal knee extensions and flexions on a modified orthotron isokinetic dynamometer at two speeds (100 degrees and 400 degrees X s-1). Simultaneous recordings of torque, joint position, and agonist/antagonist electromyographic activity from the quadriceps and hamstrings were computer-processed. The results revealed the hamstrings to be considerably more active during knee extension than the quadriceps during flexion. The integrated electromyographic activity of co-contracting hamstrings and quadriceps, throughout the joint range, averaged 33 and 6%, respectively, of the same muscle group during its agonist phase. Hamstring co-activation increased sharply during the last 25% of knee extension, generating 58% of the integrated electromyographic agonist activity. Co-activation of the sprinters' hamstrings was four times that of distance runners (57/14%), however, the faster speed of movement (400 degrees X s-1) increased hamstring coactivation of distance runners more acutely than sprinters in the final phase of extension. The data s...Continue Reading

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