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Postactivation Potentiation Biases Maximal Isometric Strength Assessment

2014; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 2014; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1155/2014/126961

2314-6141

Leonardo Coelho Rabello de Lima, Felipe Bruno Dias de Oliveira, Thiago Pires de Oliveira, Cláudio de Oliveira Assumpção, Camila Coelho Greco, Adalgiso Coscrato Cardozo, Benedito Sérgio Denadai,

Sports injuries and prevention

Postactivation potentiation (PAP) is known to enhance force production. Maximal isometric strength assessment protocols usually consist of two or more maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVCs). The objective of this study was to determine if PAP would influence isometric strength assessment. Healthy male volunteers ( n = 23 ) performed two five-second MVCs separated by a 180-seconds interval. Changes in isometric peak torque (IPT), time to achieve it (tPTI), contractile impulse (CI), root mean square of the electromyographic signal during PTI (RMS), and rate of torque development (RTD), in different intervals, were measured. Significant increases in IPT (240.6 ± 55.7 N·m versus 248.9 ± 55.1 N·m), RTD (746 ± 152 N·m·s −1 versus 727 ± 158 N·m·s −1 ), and RMS (59.1 ± 12.2% RMS MAX versus 54.8 ± 9.4% RMS MAX ) were found on the second MVC. tPTI decreased significantly on the second MVC (2373 ± 1200 ms versus 2784 ± 1226 ms). We conclude that a first MVC leads to PAP that elicits significant enhancements in strength-related variables of a second MVC performed 180 seconds later. If disconsidered, this phenomenon might bias maximal isometric strength assessment, overestimating some of these variables.