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Why do muscle strain injuries occur frequently at a specific site of bi-articular muscles?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24650395
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Sports science
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya (2013)
Waseda University (2012)

Principal Investigator

MIYAMOTO NAOKAZU  鹿屋体育大学, スポーツ生命科学系, 准教授 (20420408)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) KAWAKAMI Yasuo  早稲田大学, スポーツ科学学術院, 教授 (60234027)
WAKAHARA Taku  同志社大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 助教 (20508288)
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords神経筋生理学 / 筋活動 / 筋内部位差 / 二関節筋 / 神経・筋生理学 / 神経・筋生理学
Research Abstract

The motor nerve of the bi-articular rectus femoris muscle is generally split from the femoral nerve trunk into two sub-branches just before it reaches the distal and proximal regions of the muscle. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether the regional difference in muscle activities exists within the human rectus femoris muscle during maximal voluntary isometric contractions of knee extension and hip flexion. Surface electromyographic signals were recorded from the distal, middle, and proximal regions. There was no significant difference in the normalized electromyographic amplitude during knee extension among regions within the rectus femoris muscle, whereas those were significantly smaller in the distal than in the middle and proximal regions during hip flexion task. These results indicate that the bi-articular rectus femoris muscle is differentially controlled along the longitudinal direction.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (6 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Nonuniform muscle oxygenation despite uniform neuromuscular activity within the vastus lateralis during fatiguing heavy resistance exercise2013

    • Author(s)
      Miyamoto N, Wakahara T, Ema R, Kawakami Y
    • Journal Title

      Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

      Volume: 33(6) Pages: 463-469

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Inhomogeneous architectural changes of the quadriceps femoris induced by resistance training2013

    • Author(s)
      Ema R, Wakahara T, Miyamoto N, Kanehisa H, Kawakami Y
    • Journal Title

      European Journal of Applied Physiology

      Volume: 113(11) Pages: 2691-2703

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] In vivo measurement of human rectus femoris architecture by ultrasonography: validity and applicability2013

    • Author(s)
      Ema, R., Wakahara, T., Mogi, Y., Miyamoto, N., Komatsu, T., Kanehisa, H., Kawakami, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Clin. Physiol. Funct. Imaging

      Volume: 33 Issue: 4 Pages: 267-273

    • DOI

      10.1111/cpf.12023

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Task-dependent inhomogeneous muscle activities within the bi-articular human rectus femoris muscle2012

    • Author(s)
      Miyamoto N, Wakahara T, Kawakami Y
    • Journal Title

      PLoS ONE

      Volume: 7(3)

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] レジスタンス運動中の大腿四頭筋の神経筋活動および筋酸素動態の協働筋間差および同一筋内部位差2013

    • Author(s)
      宮本直和,若原卓,江間諒一,川上泰雄
    • Organizer
      第68回日本体力医学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2013-09-22
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Changes in the aponeurosis width induced by resistance training implications for a hypertrophic model of pennate muscle2013

    • Author(s)
      Wakahara T, Ema R, Miyamoto N, Kawakami Y
    • Organizer
      18th annual Congress of European College of Sport Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Barcelona, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2013-07-27
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] レジスタンストレーニングによるMR-T2の変化と筋肥大の関連 : 協働筋間差および筋内部位差に着目して2012

    • Author(s)
      若原卓,江間諒一,宮本直和,川上泰雄
    • Organizer
      第25回日本トレーニング科学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      滋賀
    • Year and Date
      2012-12-02
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Intra- and inter-muscle differences in architectural changes of the quadriceps femoris induced by resistance training2012

    • Author(s)
      Ema R, Wakahara T, Miyamoto N, Kanehisa H, Yanai T, Kawakami Y
    • Organizer
      17th annual Congress of European College of Sport Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Bruges, Belgium
    • Year and Date
      2012-07-06
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] レジスタンス運動中の大腿四頭筋の神経筋活動および筋酸素動態の協働筋間差および同一筋内部位差

    • Author(s)
      宮本直和, 若原卓, 江間諒一, 川上泰雄
    • Organizer
      第68回日本体力医学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 超音波剪断波エラストグラフィ法によるEnslaving現象のメカニズム解明の試み

    • Author(s)
      吉武康栄, 金久博昭, 宮本直和
    • Organizer
      第68回日本体力医学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://people.nifs-k.ac.jp/mpl/

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks] 鹿屋体育大学Muscle Performance Laboratory

    • URL

      http://people.nifs-k.ac.jp/mpl/

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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