Investigation of resistance training program with a focus on region-specific muscle activations

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350760
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Wakahara Taku 同志社大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 助教 (20508288)
• Research Collaborator: YONEMURA Seii
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 筋活動 / レジスタンストレーニング / 大腿四頭筋

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to investigate the region-specific activation of agonistic muscles during a session of resistance training. Untrained male individuals required to perform single-joint (knee joint extension) and multi-joint actions (hip joint extension, knee joint extension, and ankle joint plantarflexion). The muscle activation of each of the quadriceps femoris during these actions was measured by surface electromyography. The muscle activation during the single- and multi-joint actions was different between muscles and between regions within a muscle. The results of the present study suggest that multi-joint action is recommended as a training exercise for the medial regions of the vastus lateralis and the vastus medialis, and single-joint action is recommended as a training exercise for the rectus femoris.

Free Research Field

トレーニング科学