Analysis of Lower Extremity Contraction According to Gender Using Tensiomyography

doi:10.5763/kjsm.2017.35.3.181

https://doi.org/10.5763/kjsm.2017.35.3.181

Analysis of Lower Extremity Contraction According to Gender Using Tensiomyography

Korean J Sports Med 2017;35:181-189

Published online December 1, 2017; https://doi.org/10.5763/kjsm.2017.35.3.181

Bo-Kyeong Kim^1*, Jung-Hun C hai^2*, C han Kim³, Chul-Hyun Kim², Sang-Won Bae⁴

¹Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, Korea University, Sejong, ²Department of Sports Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, ³Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, ⁴Global Teun Teun Hospital, Daejeon, Korea

Correspondence to: Sang-Won Bae
Global Teun Teun Hospital, 516 Gyejok-ro, Dong-gu, Daejeon 34542, Korea
Tel: +82-42-220-2300, Fax: +82-42-226-0128
E-mail: yodeo@hanmail.net
^*Bo-Kyeong Kim and Jung-Hun Chai contributed equally to this study as first authors.

Received August 7, 2017; Revised November 27, 2017; Accepted November 27, 2017.

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Abstract: Tensiomyography (TMG) is used to evaluate the contraction characteristics of the thigh muscles according to gender. Our hypothesis is that male’s maximal displacement (Dm) will be lower than the control because the Dm increases when the muscle becomes stiff or hypertrophied. TMG evaluated 15 males and 12 females. The biceps femoris, semitendinosus, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and rectus femoris were evaluated. The TMG parameters obtained for each muscle were Dm and contraction time (Tc). And we calculated contraction velocity (Vc) as the rate of the radial displacement occurring during the time period of Tc with respect to Tc. Dm and Vc values of biceps femoris muscles were significantly lower in males than in controls, whereas Dm and Vc values of vastus medialis muscles were significantly lower in females than males. The Tc values of males were significantly higher in right and bilateral sum than females. This is the first report on TMG assessment by gender. We found that it is the most effective in finding muscle contraction characteristics according to gender and can induce the difference between the Dm and Vc of each muscle.; Keywords : Contraction velocity, Gender, Maximal displacement, Tensiomyography

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