Publications by authors named "Brynlynn Pitt"
Background: The electromyographic threshold (EMG) is thought to reflect increased high-threshold/type-II motor-unit (MU) recruitment and was shown higher in boys than in men. Women differ from men in muscular function.
Purpose: Establish whether females' EMG and girls-women differences are different than males'.
Background: Children have been shown to have higher lactate (LaTh) and ventilatory (VeTh) thresholds than adults, which might be explained by lower levels of type-II motor-unit (MU) recruitment. However, the electromyographic threshold (EMGTh), regarded as indicating the onset of accelerated type-II MU recruitment, has been investigated only in adults.
Purpose: To compare the relative exercise intensity at which the EMGTh occurs in boys versus men.