Neuromuscular adaptations to concurrent training in the elderly: effects of intrasession exercise sequence
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The aim of this study was investigate the effects of different intrasession exercise orders in the neuromuscular adaptations induced by concurrent training in elderly. Twenty-six healthy elderly men (64.7 ± 4.1 years), were placed into two concurrent training groups: strength prior to (SE, n = 13) or after (ES, n = 13) endurance training. Subjects trained strength and endurance training during 12 weeks, three times per week performing both exercise types in the same training session. Upper and lower body one maximum repetition test (1RM) and lower-body isometric peak torque (PTiso) and rate of force development were evaluated as strength parameters. Upper and lower body muscle thickness (MT) was determined by ultrasonography. Lower-body maximal surface electromyographic activity of vastus lateralis and rectus femoris muscles (maximal electromyographic (EMG) amplitude) and neuromuscular economy (normalized EMG at 50 % of pretraining PTiso) were determined. Both SE and ES groups increased the upper- and lower-body 1RM, but the lower-body 1RM increases observed in the SE was higher than ES (35.1 ± 12.8 vs. 21.9 ± 10.6 %, respectively; P < 0.01). Both SE and ES showed MT increases in all muscles evaluated, with no differences between groups. In addition, there were increases in the maximal EMG and neuromuscular economy of vastus lateralis in both SE and ES, but the neuromuscular economy of rectus femoris was improved only in SE (P < 0.001). Performing strength prior to endurance exercise during concurrent training resulted in greater lower-body strength gains as well as greater changes in the neuromuscular economy (rectus femoris) in elderly.
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Performing aerobic exercises after PRT within the same session does not blunt strength gains and neuromuscular adaptations.
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- Authors
- Cadore, E. L., Izquierdo, M., Pinto, S. S., Alberton, C. L., Pinto, R. S., Baroni, B. M., Vaz, M. A., Lanferdini, F. J., Radaelli, R., González-Izal, M., Bottaro, M., & Kruel, L. F. M.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Universidade de Brasília (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Cadore, Eduardo Lusa
- ORCID
- Venue
- AGE
- Published
- 2012-03-28
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 891-903
- ISSN
- 0161-9152 (ISSN-L)
- 1574-4647
- PMC
- PMC3636398
- OpenAlex
- W2053855183
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 42
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- FWCI
- 12.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
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- AGE (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
- Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Gobierno de Navarra
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Keywords
- concurrent training, older adults, exercise order, resistance training, endurance training, neuromuscular adaptation, surface electromyography, muscle thickness, one-repetition maximum, rate of force development, isometric peak torque, vastus lateralis, rectus femoris
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Aging, Electromyography, Humans, Isometric Contraction, Male, Middle Aged, Physical Endurance, Quadriceps Muscle, Muscle Strength, Resistance Training, Neuromuscular Monitoring
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