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Article: Study findings from University of Lethbridge broaden understanding of nutrition.(Report)
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 18, 2009
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"This study characterized the effect of sex on neuromuscular activity during repeated bouts of sprint exercise. Thirty-three healthy male and female athletes performed twenty 5-s cycle sprints separated by 25 s of rest," scientists in Lethbridge, Canada report (see also Nutrition).
"Mechanical work and integrated electromyograhs (iEMG) of 4 muscles of the dominant lower limb were calculated in every sprint. The iEMG signals from individual muscles were summed to represent overall electrical activity of these muscles (sum-iEMG). Neuromuscular efficiency (NME) was calculated as the ratio of mechanical work and sum-iEMG for every sprint. Arterial oxygen saturation ...