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  • Title: Muscle fatigue measured with evoked muscle vibrations.
    Author: Barry DT, Hill T, Im D.
    Journal: Muscle Nerve; 1992 Mar; 15(3):303-9. PubMed ID: 1557077.
    Abstract:
    Skeletal muscle vibrates laterally during voluntary and evoked muscle contractions. We hypothesized that the vibration amplitude from evoked muscle twitches is directly related to evoked twitch force from fatiguing muscle. To test the hypothesis, vibrations produced by evoked muscle twitches were recorded during short (5-second) rest periods as the muscle was intermittently exercised with voluntary contractions. Trials were performed at 30%, 50%, and 70% of maximal voluntary contraction. Evoked muscle twitches eliminated the problems of motivation and tremor that complicate sound and vibration measurements during voluntary contractions. Results from the first dorsal interosseus hand muscle in 11 normal adult volunteers revealed that the vibration amplitude is highly correlated (r2 = 0.93, at 70% MVC, r2 = 0.97, at 50% MVC; r2 = 0.85, at 30% MVC) with force. Both potentiation and reduction of force with exercise were accompanied by parallel changes in vibration amplitude, as measured with an accelerometer. Compound muscle action potentials did not increase with exercise-induced twitch potentiation, and did not correlate as highly with force during fatigue.
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