The effects of Nordic walking and slope of the ground on lower limb muscle activity

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000002195" target="_blank" >10.1519/jsc.0000000000002195</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effects of Nordic walking and slope of the ground on lower limb muscle activity

Original language description

Nordic walking (NW) has proven to be a simple and safe mode of exercise that can be utilized in various types of sport, recreation and rehabilitation activities. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Nordic walking and slope of the ground on lower limb muscle activity. The experimental group consisted of 22 healthy men (aged 22.8 ± 1.4 years). The subjects walked on a treadmill at a self-selected speed. Two walking conditions (NW and walking) and two ground slopes (level ground and uphill walking at an 8% incline) were used. The surface electromyographic signals of the gastrocnemius lateralis, tibialis anterior, vastus medialis, rectus femoris, biceps femoris and gluteus medius were recorded. NW resulted in increased activity of some lower limb muscles, particularly during the first half of the stance phase, and decreased muscle activity during the first half of the swing phase. Uphill walking elicited increased muscle activity compared with level walking, particularly during the stance phase and the second half of the swing phase during both walking and NW, and the change was more pronounced during walking. We concluded that NW increased muscle activity in the lower extremities compared with walking, particularly on level ground. Increasing the ground slope enhanced the muscle activity to a much greater extent than NW.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

ISSN

1064-8011

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

32

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

217-222

UT code for WoS article

000428744000029

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85047745678