Abstract

ALBERTON, Cristine L. et al. Electromiographic responses induced by superficial electrodes isolation and by immersion.. Rev. Port. Cien. Desp. [online]. 2008, vol.8, n.3, pp.330-336. ISSN 1645-0523.

The objective of the present study was to verify the electromiographic (EMG) signal alterations during isometric actions performed in water and on land. Firstly, 8 women (23 ± 1 yrs) performed maximal voluntary isometric actions in a isokinetic dynamometer to record the peak torque for knee extensors and the EMG signal of the vastus lateralis muscle (90° knee flexion) with and without superficial electrodes isolation. Subsequently, another maximal isometric action was performed against fixed resistance on land and in water immersion. For statistical analysis a paired T-Test was used, with a=0.05 (SPSS vs 11.0). No significant difference was found between vastus lateralis rmsEMG values for situations with (0.560 ± 0.118 mV) and without (0.538 ± 0.110 mV) isolation (p=0.306), for similar peak torque values (p=0.191). The same results were found comparing on land (0.428 ± 0.054mV) and in water immersion (0.388 ± 0.105 mV) situations (p=0.446). The water-resistant adhesive taping did not alter the EMG signal. Based in this finding, we found no differences on rmsEMG values during maximal isometric actions performed both in water and on land, suggesting that the environment did not influence the rmsEMG amplitude.

Keywords : Electromyography; immersion; isolation.

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