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Original Article, Cardiology • Rev Bras Med Esporte 26 (6) • Nov-Dec 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-8692202026062019_005 linkcopy

Open-access HEART RATE AND LOWER LIMB MUSCLE ACTIVITY ON CYCLE ERGOMETER

FREQUÊNCIA CARDÍACA E ATIVIDADE MUSCULAR DOS MEMBROS INFERIORES EM CICLOERGÔMETRO

FRECUENCIA CARDÍACA Y ACTIVIDAD MUSCULAR DE LOS MIEMBROS INFERIORES EN CICLOERGÓMETRO

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    ABSTRACT

    Introduction:  Muscle activity in the pedal stroke movement on a cycle ergometer can be measured by surface electromyography, as an effective and improved method for studying muscle action and objectively determining the different action potentials of the muscles involved in specific movements. Heart rate behavior is an important factor during exercise with load.

    Objective:  To identify heart rate behavior and pattern of muscle activity of the rectus femoris and vastus medialis in healthy subjects in the pedaling dynamic at different loads, submaximal test, on an instrumented cycle ergometer.

    Methods:  20 healthy adults were evaluated. Heart rate measurement was performed, together with electromyographic analysis, in the time domain, of the rectus femoris and vastus medialis muscles during incremental exercise of the lower limbs on the cycle ergometer.

    Results:  Heart rate behavior presented significant difference for p≥0.05 in relation to increased loads. The EMG signal intensity from the vastus medialis muscle (normalized RMS value) in each quadrant of the pedaling cycle showed significant difference for p≥0.05 in relation to quadrants I, II and IV and significant difference for p≥0.05 in relation to quadrants III and IV. In the rectus femoris (RF) muscle, there was significant difference for p≥0.05 in relation to quadrants I, II and IV and significant difference for p≥0.05 in relation to quadrants I, II and III.

    Conclusion:  An increase in heart rate proportional to the increase in load was observed, as well as an increase in the amplitude of the electromyographic signal proportional to the increase in load. It was possible to identify the pattern of muscle activation in the studied quadrants during pedal stroke movements, independent of load. Level of evidence III; Study of non-consecutive patients; without uniform application of the “gold” standard reference.

    Keywords: Heart rate; Surface electromyography; Rectus femoris; Vastus medialis

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