Evaluating the asymmetry of muscle activation and strength in paralympic powerlifting athletes

  1. Leonardo dos Santos
  2. Felipe J. Aidar
  3. Rafael Luiz Mesquita Souza
  4. Dihogo Gama de Matos
  5. Stefania Cataldi
  6. Gianpiero Greco
  7. Márcio Getirana Mota
  8. Anderson Carlos Marçal
  9. Lucio Marques Vieira Souza
  10. Jymmys Lopes dos Santos
  11. Paulo Francisco de Almeida Neto
  12. Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinoco Cabral
  13. Georgian Badicu
  14. Hadi Nobari
  15. Raphael Frabrício de Souza
Revista:
EJIHPE: European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education

ISSN: 2174-8144,  2254-9625

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 13

Número: 9

Páginas: 1645-1654

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3390/EJIHPE13090119 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: EJIHPE: European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education

Resumen

Background: Strength training is a complex task, as it requires a combination of many variables. In paralympic powerlifting (PP) asymmetries for the evaluation of activation, and static force indicators have been increasingly studied. Objective: To investigate the asymmetries in the strength and muscle activation indicators, before and after a training session of PP athletes. Methodology: Twelve elite athletes from the PP participated in the study, and asymmetry was evaluated through surface electromyography (sEMG) and static strength indicators. Evaluations were made before and after a protocol of five series of five repetitions (5 × 5), with 80% of 1-Maximum Repetition (1RM). Results: In the pectoral muscles, there were differences in the non-dominant limbs between the before and after in the sEMG. There were differences in the pectoralis muscle in the non-dominant limb between moments before (110.75 ± 59.52%) and after (130.53 ± 98.48%, p < 0.001), and there was no difference in triceps activation. In the Maximum Isometric Strength (MIF), there was a difference in the non-dominant limb between before (710.36 ± 129.36) and after (620.27 ± 69.73; p < 0.030). There was a difference before in the dominant (626.89 ± 120.16; 95% CI 550.55–703.24) and non-dominant (710.36 ± 129.36; p = 0.011) limbs. There was no difference in time to MIF. Conclusion: PP athletes showed small levels of asymmetry before and after training, and adaptation to training tends to promote fewer asymmetries.

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