Resumen de An Examination of Fatigue Index and Velocity-Related Force Loss for the Forearm Flexors
Joshua C. Carr, Travis W. Beck, Xin Ye, Nathan P. Wages
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the fatigue index from an isokinetic fatigue test and the velocity-related decrease in peak torque for the forearm flexors. After a familiarization session, 13 habitually active males (mean ± SD, age = 23.8 ± 3.1 years) reported to the laboratory to perform either 50 repeated, maximal, concentric isokinetic muscle actions of the dominant forearm flexors at a velocity of 180°·s-1 or 6 separate sets of 3 maximal concentric isokinetic muscle actions at randomly ordered velocities of 30, 90, 150, 270, and 330°·s-1. The correlation between the relative percent declines in peak torque during the 2 isokinetic tests was then examined. The results indicated an inverse relationship (r = -0.75, p < 0.01) between these 2 variables. That is, the subjects who demonstrated the greatest fatigue indexes (i.e., those who were most susceptible to fatigue) were generally the most resistant to a velocity-related torque loss. These findings support the possibility of using a multiple-velocity isokinetic test to estimate fiber type composition, just as fatigue-based tests have been used.
