Elbow Joint Position and Force Senses in Young and Adult Untrained People and Gymnasts

Joint position (JPS) and force senses (FS) are the proprioception modalities. While the development of JPS was investigated both in children/adult and athlete/untrained conditions, there is a lack of insight into the development of FS. Overall, 28 gymnasts and 25 untrained controls underwent proprio...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-06, Vol.19 (13), p.7592
Main Authors: Niespodziński, Bartłomiej, Mieszkowski, Jan, Sawczyn, Stanisław, Kochanowicz, Kazimierz, Szulc, Adam, Zasada, Mariusz, Kochanowicz, Andrzej
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Age
Athletes
Child
Children
Elbow
Elbow (anatomy)
Elbow Joint - physiology
Errors
Force
Gymnastics - physiology
Humans
Joints (anatomy)
Male
Muscle contraction
Muscle, Skeletal - physiology
Muscles
Proprioception
Proprioception - physiology
Sports training
Young adults
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Summary:Joint position (JPS) and force senses (FS) are the proprioception modalities. While the development of JPS was investigated both in children/adult and athlete/untrained conditions, there is a lack of insight into the development of FS. Overall, 28 gymnasts and 25 untrained controls underwent proprioception testing. They were divided into two groups: 9 to 11-year-old boys (13 gymnasts and 10 non-athletes) and 18 to 25-year-old adults (15 gymnasts and 15 non-athletes). The testing was performed at an isokinetic dynamometer and included elbow JPS and FS (20% and 50% maximal voluntary contraction) tasks. Children had two times higher error in JPS (p < 0.01) and 50% higher errors in FS of both flexor (p < 0.001) and extensor muscles (p < 0.05) in comparison with adults. Only in the 50% maximal voluntary contraction task, gymnasts showed 33% lower error than the controls (p < 0.01). Untrained boys presented 54%, 132%, and 169% higher error for elbow flexor performance than young gymnasts, untrained adults, and adult gymnasts, respectively (p < 0.01). The 9 to 11-year-old participants were characterized by a lower precision of JPS and FS performance in comparison with adults. Gymnastic training can possibly accelerate the development of FS when higher loads are considered.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19137592