Publications by authors named "Zennia Zeppelin"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate how short-term ankle immobilisation affects peripheral nervous system (PNS) measures and muscle performance, using new methods like muscle velocity recovery cycles (MVRC) and motor unit number estimation (MUNE).
- Twelve participants experienced one week of immobilization followed by two weeks of retraining, with assessments on muscle properties, strength, imaging, and walking ability conducted before and after both phases.
- Results showed decreases in muscle action potential, strength, and walking capacity after immobilization, but these returned to baseline post-retraining; however, changes in PNS measures were minimal, suggesting that PNS does not play a significant role in these observed changes.
Although conventional nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG) are suitable for the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders, they provide limited information about muscle fiber membrane properties and underlying disease mechanisms. Muscle velocity recovery cycles (MVRCs) illustrate how the velocity of a muscle action potential depends on the time after a preceding action potential. MVRCs are closely related to changes in membrane potential that follow an action potential, thereby providing information about muscle fiber membrane properties.
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