Preliminary study: The impact of moderate exercises on biomechanical response of the humans muscles

Salahuddin, Mohd Helmi Rizal and Wan Abas, Wan Abu Bakar and Abu Osman, Noor Azuan and Ibrahim, Fatimah and Rahim, R.B.A. (2008) Preliminary study: The impact of moderate exercises on biomechanical response of the humans muscles. In: 4th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed 2008), 25-28 June 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Preview

PDF (Preliminary study: The impact of moderate exercises on biomechanical response of the humans muscles) Preliminary_study_The_impact_of_moderate_exercises_on_biomechanical_response_of_the_humans_muscles.pdf - Other Download (202kB)

Abstract

The electromyography (EMG) activity of the biceps femoris, rectus femoris, gastrocnemius, and fourth lumbar (L4) and fifth lumbar (L5) muscles of 5 male subjects was measured during a series of maneuvers which include standing, bowing, prostration, and sitting. Raw EMG was processed by root-mean-square (RMS) technique using a time constant of 50 ms. The results show that the gastrocnemius is the most active. The series of standing to prostration maneuvers showed 13.21±10.67 RMS, μV (mean±standard deviation), standing to bowing, 11.97± 4.89, sitting to prostration, 8.36±12.55. Preliminary EMG profiles in this study demonstrated that subjects used relatively higher levels of gastrocnemius muscle compare to the biceps femoris, rectus femoris, and fourth lumbar (L4) and fifth lumbar (L5) muscles to perform the set of moderate exercises. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information:	Conference code: 82241 Export Date: 29 January 2014 Source: Scopus doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-69139-6-114 Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Salahuddin, M. H. R.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; email: emyrizal@gmail.com References: Reza, M.F., Urakami, Y., Mano, Y., Evaluation of a New Physical Exercise Taken from Salat (prayer) as a Short-Duration and Frequent Physical Activity in the Rehabilitation of Geriatric and Disabled Patients (2002) Annals of Saudi Medicine, 22, pp. 3-4; Zajac, F.E., Understanding muscle coordination of the human leg with dynamical simulations (2002) J Biomech, 35 (8), pp. 1011-1018. , Aug; Basmajian, J.V., DeLuca, C.J., (1985) Muscles Alive. Their Functions Revealed by Electromyography, , 5th edn. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; Basmajian, J.V., Blumenstein, R., (1980) Electrode Placement in EMG Biofeedback, , Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins; Hermens, H.J., Freriks, B., Merletti, R., Hägg, G., Stegeman, D., Blok, J., (1999) SENIAM 8: European Recommendations for Surface Electromyography, , ISBN: 90-75452-15-2, Roessingh Research and Development bv; Kellis, E., Quantification of quadriceps and hamstring antagonist activity (1998) Sports Med, 25 (1), pp. 37-62
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bowing; Electromyography; prostration; sitting; standing; Biceps femoris; Biomechanical response; Gastrocnemius; Gastrocnemius muscle; Rectus femoris; Root mean squares; Standard deviation; Time constants; Biomechanics; Biomedical engineering; Muscle
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	Mr Jenal S
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2014 02:11
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2020 07:45
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/9339

Actions (login required)

View Item