1,769 results match your criteria: "Motor Unit Recruitment in EMG"
Cureus
November 2024
Norton Neuroscience Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, USA.
Hirayama disease (HD) is a rare disorder characterized by insidious asymmetric neurogenic atrophy primarily involving the upper extremities. HD most commonly affects adolescent males and has a favorable prognosis for arrest of progression. Electrodiagnostic (EDX) studies show chronic denervation changes in the distal upper extremity muscles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
December 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University (Changhai Hospital), Shanghai200433, China.
To explore the efficacy of ansa cervicalis anterior root-recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) anastomosis in the treatment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) and to analyze the effect of different pathogenic factors on efficacy. From January 2010 to January 2022, 428 patients (187 males and 241 females) at Changhai Hospital with UVFP who underwent ansa cervicalis anterior root-RLN anastomosis due to thyroid surgery, thoracic surgery, idiopathic vocal ford paralysis or high cranial base injury were analyzed. The course of nerve injury ranged from 6 to 24 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
December 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University; Key Laboratory of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery(Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing100730, China.
To quantitatively analyze and explore the characteristics, influencing factors, reference value range, and variability of electromyography and nerve evoked potential in normal laryngeal muscles. The study included 480 patients diagnosed with unilateral vocal fold immobility and underwent laryngeal electromyography (LEMG) at Beijing Tongren Hospital from June 2012 to June 2022, including 259 males and 221 females, with an average age of (44.4±14.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedicine (Baltimore)
December 2024
Sports and Exercise Medicine Laboratory, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Background: Limited evidence exists regarding the movement control patterns of individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI) during sand walking. This study aimed to analyze gait characteristics and muscle activation in patients with CAI while walking on sand.
Methods: This study recruited 30 participants, including 15 patients with CAI and 15 healthy controls.
Brain Sci
October 2024
Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
This study aims to determine if Riluzole usage can change the function and excitability of motor neurons. The clinical data and indices of motor neuron excitability were assessed using high-density surface EMG parameters from 80 ALS participants. The persistent inward current was assessed using the discharge rate from paired motor units obtained from the tibialis anterior muscle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Neurophysiol
December 2024
Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
The neuromotor control of the diaphragm muscle (DIAm) involves motor unit recruitment, sustained activity (incrementing and decrementing), and motor unit derecruitment, phases that may be modified to maintain ventilation across conditions. The primary goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of hypercapnia, which increases respiratory rate and tidal volume, on DIAm neuromotor control in awake rats. We recorded DIAm electromyography (EMG) with implanted chronic fine-wire electrodes in nine Sprague-Dawley rats during normocapnia and hypercapnia (7% CO).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng
November 2024
Respir Physiol Neurobiol
January 2025
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address:
Background: Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) is often employed to enhance improvement in inspiratory muscle strength. However, the relationship between inspiratory muscle recruitment patterns and increasing inspiratory load remains unclear. Furthermore, the effect of breathing instructions on diaphragm activity at various inspiratory loads is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin
November 2024
Faculty of Sport, Center of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
J Sports Sci
October 2024
Applied Neuromuscular Physiology Lab, Department of Kinesiology, Applied Health, and Recreation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
This study examined the effects of blood flow restriction (BFR) on motor unit (MU) behaviour of the biceps brachii (BB) during a single non-exhausting submaximal muscle action. Twenty adults performed maximal voluntary contractions (MVCs) of the elbow flexors, followed by an isometric trapezoidal muscle action at 40% MVC during BFR and control (CON) visits. Surface electromyographic signals recorded from the BB during the 40% MVCs were decomposed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExp Physiol
October 2024
Laboratory of Neuromuscular Biomechanics, School of Health and Sport Science, Chukyo University, Toyota, Japan.
Sci Rep
October 2024
Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.
Wide-pulse high-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation (WPHF NMES) can generate a progressive increase in tetanic force through reflexive recruitment of motor units, called extra force. This phenomenon has previously been observed on different muscle groups, but little is known on potential inter-muscle differences. We compared extra force and sustained electromyographic (EMG) activity induced by NMES between plantar flexors, knee extensors, elbow flexors and within muscle groups using pulse durations of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Appl Physiol
October 2024
Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Physiology, Istanbul Gelisim University, Avcilar, Istanbul, Türkiye.
This review is a comprehensive guide for electromyography (EMG) researchers, providing a comparison of skin EMG recording (surface EMG: sEMG and high-density sEMG: HD-sEMG) and intramuscular EMG recording (multi-motor unit-MMU and single motor unit electromyography-SMU). We delve into the nuances of techniques, highlighting their strengths and limitations in quantifying muscle activation during dynamic and static conditions. We first examine how EMG signals change with time, focussing on the interplay between motor unit synchronisation and signal amplitude.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPain Ther
December 2024
Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotaxy, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Introduction: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) represents an established interventional pain therapeutic; however, the SCS effects of SCS waveforms on motor neuron recruitment of the lower limbs of chronic pain patients remain largely unknown.
Methods: We investigated these effects by performing isometric ankle-dorsal flexions at varying force levels under four SCS conditions: SCS Off (1 week), burst SCS (40 Hz), SCS Off (acute), and tonic SCS (130 Hz). Muscle activity was recorded via high-density surface electromyography (64-electrode grid) on the tibialis anterior muscle.
PeerJ
October 2024
Institute of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States.
Background: It is unclear whether chronically training close to volitional failure influences motor unit recruitment strategies during fatigue.
Purpose: We compared resistance training to near volitional failure . non-failure on individual motor unit action potential amplitude (MUAP) and surface electromyographic excitation (sEMG) during fatiguing contractions.
J Neurol Sci
November 2024
Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan.
Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
October 2024
Investigates the application and clinical efficacy of ansa cervicalis anterior root-recurrent laryngeal nerve(RLN) anastomosis in the treatment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis(UVFP). A prospective study was conducted with 92 UVFP patients admitted to our department from January 2018 to January 2022 who received ansa cervicalis anterior root-RLN anastomosis. The course of nerve injury ranged from 6 to 24 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Electromyogr Kinesiol
December 2024
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Neuromuscular Research Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland; Motion Laboratory, New Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
The central nervous system employs distinct motor control strategies depending on task demands. Accordingly, the activity of alpha-motoneuron (MN) pools innervating skeletal muscle fibers is modulated based on muscle force and rate of force development (RFD). In human subjects, biophysical MN models enable inferring in vivo the neural processes (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExp Physiol
November 2024
Department of Sport, Exercise, & Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Unaccustomed eccentric exercise (EE) is protective against muscle damage following a subsequent bout of similar exercise. One hypothesis suggests the existence of an alteration in motor unit (MU) behaviour during the second bout, which might contribute to the adaptive response. Accordingly, the present study investigated MU changes during repeated bouts of EE.
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September 2024
EMG filling curve characterizes the EMG filling process and EMG probability density function (PDF) shape change for the entire force range of a muscle. We aim to understand the relation between the physiological and recording variables, and the resulting EMG filling curves. We thereby present an analytical and simulation study to explain how the filling curve patterns relate to specific changes in the motor unit potential (MUP) waveforms and motor unit (MU) firing rates, the two main factors affecting the EMG PDF, but also to recording conditions in terms of noise level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMed Sci Sports Exerc
August 2024
Laboratory of Neuromechanics, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE.
Introduction: Conflicting results have been reported on the functional role of the proximal and distal compartments of the semitendinosus (ST) muscle. This study compared the discharge characteristics of motor units (MUs) in the two compartments at three knee-joint angles (0°: long length, 45°: intermediate length, and 90°: short length).
Methods: Twenty men (21.
J Physiol
September 2024
Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Motoneuronal persistent inward currents (PICs) are facilitated by neuromodulatory inputs but are highly sensitive to local inhibitory circuits. Estimates of PICs are reduced by group Ia reciprocal inhibition, and increased with the diffuse actions of neuromodulators released during remote muscle contraction. However, it remains unknown how motoneurons function in the presence of simultaneous excitatory and inhibitory commands.
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August 2024
Muscles generate varying levels of force by recruiting different numbers of motor units (MUs), and as the force increases, the number of recruited MUs gradually rises. However, current decoding methods encounter difficulties in maintaining a stable and consistent growth trend in MU numbers with increasing force. In some instances, an unexpected reduction in the number of MUs can even be observed as force intensifies.
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December 2024
Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of vibration on motor unit (MU) firing behavior and physical performance of antagonist muscles in healthy young adult males.
Methods: Fourteen males (age = 24.3 ± 3.