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  • Title: Local venous lactate changes and spectral analysis of surface EMG during fatiguing isometric efforts in intrinsic hand muscles.
    Author: Alfonsi E, Ricciardi L, Arrigo A, Lozza A, Sandrini G, Zandrini C, Moglia A.
    Journal: Funct Neurol; 1991; 6(2):121-7. PubMed ID: 1916454.
    Abstract:
    In this study relationships between local venous lactate concentrations and power spectrum changes in surface EMG due to fatiguing isometric contractions were investigated. Two different isometric efforts of the opponents pollicis muscle, 25% and 50% of maximum voluntary contraction, were examined. In 25% of maximum voluntary contraction no changes in local venous lactate were observed, whereas mean power frequency values of surface EMG shifted significantly towards lower frequencies. On the contrary, in 50% of maximum voluntary contraction lactate significantly increased and was related to the mean power frequency shifts of the surface EMG. These data suggest that lactate plays a role in muscle fatigue only in a limited intensity range of isometric muscle contractions.
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