TY - JOUR
T1 - Activity distribution among the hamstring muscles during high-speed running
T2 - A descriptive multichannel surface EMG study
AU - Suskens, Jozef J. M.
AU - Tol, Johannes L.
AU - Kerkhoffs, Gino M. M. J.
AU - Maas, Huub
AU - van Dieën, Jaap H.
AU - Reurink, Gustaaf
N1 - Funding Information: This work was performed with participants from the National Basketball Association (NBA)/General Electric (GE) Healthcare Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Collaboration. This work was supported by the Marti‐Keuning Eckhardt Foundation. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science In Sports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Purpose: This study assessed activity distribution among the hamstring muscles during high-speed running. The objective was to compare within and between muscle activity, relative contribution and hip and knee joint angles at peak muscle activity during high-speed running. Methods: Through multichannel electromyography, we measured muscle activity in male basketball players during high-speed running on a treadmill at 15 locations: five for biceps femoris long head, four for semitendinosus, and six for semimembranosus. Muscle activity was calculated for each location within each hamstring muscle individually for each percent of a stride cycle. Results: Twenty-nine non-injured basketball players were included (mean age: 17 ± 1 years; mass, 85 ± 9 kg; height, 193 ± 9 cm). Heterogeneous activity was found for all individual hamstring muscles across multiple events of the stride cycle. In the late-swing phase, muscle activity and relative contribution of the semimembranosus was significantly higher than of the semitendinosus. There was no significant difference in hip and knee joint angles at instant of peak muscle activity, assessed locally within individual hamstring muscles, as well as in general over the whole hamstring muscle. Conclusion: Hamstring muscles were most active in the late-swing phase during high-speed running. In this phase, the semimembranosus was most active and the semitendinosus was least active. Within the biceps femoris long head, the most proximal region was significantly more active in the late-swing phase, compared to other muscle regions. For each muscle and location, peak muscle activity occurred at similar hip and knee joint angles.
AB - Purpose: This study assessed activity distribution among the hamstring muscles during high-speed running. The objective was to compare within and between muscle activity, relative contribution and hip and knee joint angles at peak muscle activity during high-speed running. Methods: Through multichannel electromyography, we measured muscle activity in male basketball players during high-speed running on a treadmill at 15 locations: five for biceps femoris long head, four for semitendinosus, and six for semimembranosus. Muscle activity was calculated for each location within each hamstring muscle individually for each percent of a stride cycle. Results: Twenty-nine non-injured basketball players were included (mean age: 17 ± 1 years; mass, 85 ± 9 kg; height, 193 ± 9 cm). Heterogeneous activity was found for all individual hamstring muscles across multiple events of the stride cycle. In the late-swing phase, muscle activity and relative contribution of the semimembranosus was significantly higher than of the semitendinosus. There was no significant difference in hip and knee joint angles at instant of peak muscle activity, assessed locally within individual hamstring muscles, as well as in general over the whole hamstring muscle. Conclusion: Hamstring muscles were most active in the late-swing phase during high-speed running. In this phase, the semimembranosus was most active and the semitendinosus was least active. Within the biceps femoris long head, the most proximal region was significantly more active in the late-swing phase, compared to other muscle regions. For each muscle and location, peak muscle activity occurred at similar hip and knee joint angles.
KW - electromyography
KW - gait analysis
KW - hamstring injury
KW - high-speed running
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14326
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14326
M3 - Article
C2 - 36752650
SN - 0905-7188
VL - 33
SP - 954
EP - 965
JO - Scandinavian journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
JF - Scandinavian journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
IS - 6
ER -