Study of short-term low load resistance training method targeting fast muscle fiber
Description: Body weight exercises are potentially more beneficial and more easily employed at low load intensities in rehabilitation settings than conventional weight training exercises. Therefore, the development of a low load training method targeting the recruitment of fast muscle fiber for stroke patients and the elderly is required. The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of a short-term low load strength training method targeting fast muscle fiber. Subjects in two groups, Control and Skin Cooling, performed body weight plantar flexor muscle contractions with a concentric phase at fast speed and an eccentric phase at slow speed. MVC significantly increased in both Control and Skin Cooling. RFD was significantly greater in Skin Cooling than in Control. This evaluation index may reveal the relationship between muscle function and fall risk and the training method should be expected to improve physical fitness if incorporated into general health promotion programs for the elderly.
Amount: ¥4,550,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2020-03-31
Investigator: Hitoshi SUGAWARA
Institution: Tokyo University of Technology
Funded outputs count: 1
Funder award ID: 17K01530
OpenAlex ID: G5063433734