Motor Unit Firing Properties During Force Control Task and Associations With Neurological Tests in Children.

The present study aimed to clarify the development of motor unit (MU) firing properties and the association between those neural properties and force steadiness (FS)/neurological tests in 6- to 12-year-old children. Fifty-eight school-aged children performed maximal voluntary knee extension contract...

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Publicado en:Pediatric Exercise Science Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 23 - 30
Autores principales: Okudaira, Masamichi, Takeda, Ryosuke, Hirono, Tetsuya, Nishikawa, Taichi, Kunugi, Shun, Watanabe, Kohei
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Publicado: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. Feb2024
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          Okudaira, Masamichi
          Takeda, Ryosuke
          Hirono, Tetsuya
          Nishikawa, Taichi
          Kunugi, Shun
          Watanabe, Kohei
        affil: Laboratory of Neuromuscular Biomechanics, School of Health and Sport Sciences, Chukyo University, Toyota, Japan
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          Motor Unit Physiology
          Neurologic Examination Methods
          Task Performance and Analysis In Infancy and Childhood
          Human
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          Age Factors
          Electromyography
          Multiple Regression
          Quadriceps Muscles
          Biomechanics
          Motor Skills
          Reaction Time
          Neurodevelopment
          Descriptive Statistics
          Child: 6-12 years
      ab: The present study aimed to clarify the development of motor unit (MU) firing properties and the association between those neural properties and force steadiness (FS)/neurological tests in 6- to 12-year-old children. Fifty-eight school-aged children performed maximal voluntary knee extension contraction, a submaximal FS test at 10% of maximal voluntary knee extension contraction, knee extension reaction time to light stimulus test, and single-leg standing test, and data from 38 children who passed the criteria were subject to analysis. During the FS test, high-density surface electromyography was recorded from the vastus lateralis muscle to identify individual MU firing activity. FS was improved with an increase in age (r = −.540, P <.001). The MU firing rate (MUFR) was significantly decreased with an increase in age (r = −.343, P =.035). MUFR variability was not associated with age. Although there was no significant correlation between FS and MUFR, FS was significantly correlated with MUFR variability even after adjustment for the effect of age (r =.551, P =.002). Neither the reaction time nor the single-leg standing test was correlated with any MU firing properties. These findings suggest that MUFR variability makes an important contribution to precise force control in children but does not naturally develop with age.
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