Estudo da atividade eletromiográfica e de parâmetros cinemáticos do supino paralímpico de alto rendimento

Abstract

Weightlifting first appeared on Paralympics in 1964 in Tokyo, in which the athletes deficiency was exclusively spinal injury. In weightlifting athletes remain lying on a bench, and perform a movement known as bench press. The test begins when the support bar is removed - with or without the help of auxiliary center - leaving the fully extended elbows. The athlete flexing arms, elbows down the bar to the chest. Then the bar is raised to the starting position, ending the movement. The athlete can perform the movement three times, the most validated weight, as referees are aware of the continuous execution of the movement and to clear the bar stop on the chest. The aim of this stud y was to examine kinematic and electromyographic aspects in different periods of the concentric phase of the movement of paralympic bench in high-performance athletes. Participated in three female subjects aged 23 to 48 years (mean 39.8 ± 11.2) and 7 male subjects aged between 18 and 41 years (mean 26.5 ± 8.0) were conducted Attempts to perform 3 to 95% of 1RM load, obeying the rules of the game. They were plotted the velocity curves and offset for later split the concentric phase in phases of pre-sticking, sticking and post-sticking. Electromyography revealed that the deltoid and pectoral muscles had higher recruiting the triceps muscle during much of the concentric phase of the movement. These results suggest that there may have been greater activation of these muscles to compensate for the muscle wasting caused by the eccentric phase