Gender Muscle Recovery During Isokinetic Exercise

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of two between set rest intervals (RI) on isokinetic knee extension peak torque (PT) produced by sedentary women and men. Seventeen young women (27.18±4.05 yrs) and 16 young men (26.75±4.73 yrs) performed 3 sets of 10 unilateral isokinetic knee extension at 60° and 180°/s. The RI between sets was 60 and 120 s, counterbalanced across 2 testing days. Statistical evaluation of the data was performed using a 3-way mixed factor ANOVA (gender×rest interval×sets). Males and females exhibited decreases (p<0.05) in PT with 120 s RI at 60°/s. There was no significant decline in PT in the female group during both RI at 180°/s. Men showed a significant decrease in PT only with 60 s RI. Young women and men require more than 120 s of RI to recover full PT at 60°/s. However, full quadriceps's muscle strength recovery can be attained with a 60 and 120 s at 180°/s in women, but in men only with a 120 s at the same velocity.

Key words

muscle fatigue - knee extension - torque - isokinetic

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