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标题：Differences in activation of the vastus lateralis muscle during maximal exercise test between very-low-birth-weight preterm and full-term children
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作者：Josy Davidson ; Sabrina Pinheiro Tsopanoglou ; Victor Zuniga Dourado 等
期刊名称：Human Movement
印刷版ISSN：1732-3991
电子版ISSN：1899-1955
出版年度：2020
卷号：21
期号：3
页码：31-38
DOI：10.5114/hm.2020.91343
出版社：Walter de Gruyter GmbH
摘要：Purpose To compare the pattern of the electrical activation of the vastus lateralis muscle during a maximal exercise test between children born prematurely and full-term. Methods The study was conducted in preterm children born at less than 37 weeks of gestational age with a birth weight of less than 1500 g aged 6–9 years compared with children born at term of the same age. A rapidly incremental exercise test on a treadmill was performed, and surface electromyography signals of the vastus lateralis muscle were collected throughout the test. The root mean square (RMS) was calculated every minute. The Mann-Whitney and Friedman’s tests were applied to verify the differences in each minute between and within groups, and nonlinear regression analysis was performed to establish the factors associated with the pattern of vastus lateralis activation. Results Overall, 68 children were analysed: 37 in the premature group and 31 in the term group. The preterm group showed higher RMS values than the full-term group throughout the test, with significant differences at rest and in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th minutes of the exercise test. Particularly, the preterm group presented 28.5% higher RMS values than the term group throughout the analysed period. Conclusions The lower limbs of the children born prematurely showed higher excitability than those of the children born at full-term. These data could help maintain and/or improve their physical ability during exercise tests.
关键词：surface electromyography;premature;infant;exercise tests;term birth;child