Relationship between skeletal muscle contractile properties and power production capacity in female Olympic rugby players

References

• Bar-Or, O. (1987). The Wingate anaerobic test. An update on methodology, reliability and validity. Sports Medicine, 4(6), 381–394. doi: 10.2165/00007256-198704060-00001
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bar-Or, O., Dotan, R., Inbar, O., Rothstein, A., Karlsson, J., & Tesch, P. (1980). Anaerobic capacity and muscle fiber type distribution in man. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 1(1), 82–85. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1034636
   Google Scholar
• Batterham, A. M., & Hopkins, W. G. (2006). Making meaningful inferences about magnitudes. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 1, 50–57. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.1.1.50
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dahmane, R., Djordjevič, S., Šimunič, B., & Valenčič, V. (2005). Spatial fiber type distribution in normal human muscle: Histochemical and tensiomyographical evaluation. Journal of Biomechanics, 38(12), 2451–2459. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.10.020
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dahmane, R., Valencic, V., Knez, N., & Erzen, I. (2001). Evaluation of the ability to make non-invasive estimation of muscle contractile properties on the basis of the muscle belly response. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 39(1), 51–55. doi: 10.1007/BF02345266
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• de Paula Simola, RÁ, Raeder, C., Wiewelhove, T., Kellmann, M., Meyer, T., Pfeiffer, M., & Ferrauti, A. (2016). Muscle mechanical properties of strength and endurance athletes and changes after one week of intensive training. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 30, 73–80. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2016.05.005
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Driss, T., & Vandewalle, H. (2013). The measurement of maximal (anaerobic) power output on a cycle ergometer: A critical review. BioMed Research International, 2013, 589361. doi: 10.1155/2013/589361
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Evetovich, T. K., Housh, T. J., Stout, J. R., Johnson, G. O., Smith, D. B., & Ebersole, K. T. (1997). Mechanomyographic responses to concentric isokinetic muscle contractions. European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, 75(2), 166–169. doi: 10.1007/s004210050142
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Froese, E. A., & Houston, M. E. (1987). Performance during the Wingate anaerobic test and muscle morphology in males and females. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 8, 35–39. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1025637
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gil, S., Loturco, I., Tricoli, V., Ugrinowitsch, C., Kobal, R., Abad, C. C. C., & Roschel, H. (2015). Tensiomyography parameters and jumping and sprinting performance in Brazilian elite soccer players. Sports Biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 14(3), 340–50. doi: 10.1080/14763141.2015.1062128
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hoffman, J. R., Epstein, S., Einbinder, M., & Weinstein, Y. (2000). A comparison between the Wingate anaerobic power test to both vertical jump and line drill tests in basketball players. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 14(3), 261. doi:10.1519/1533-4287(2000)014<0261:ACBTWA>2.0.CO;2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hopkins, W. (2015). Spreadsheets for analysis of validity and reliability. Sportscience, 19, 36–42.
   Google Scholar
• Hopkins, W., Marshall, S. W., Batterham, A. M., & Hanin, J. (2009). Progressive statistics for studies in sports medicine and exercise science. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41(1), 3–13. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31818cb278
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hug, F., & Dorel, S. (2009). Electromyographic analysis of pedaling: A review. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 19(2), 182–198. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.10.010
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hughes, D. C., Wallace, M. A., & Baar, K. (2015). Effects of aging, exercise, and disease on force transfer in skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 309(1), E1–E10. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00095.2015
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kubo, K., Morimoto, M., Komuro, T., Yata, H., Tsunoda, N., Kanehisa, H., & Fukunaga, T. (2007). Effects of plyometric and weight training on muscle-tendon complex and jump performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 39(10), 1801–1810. doi: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31813e630a
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Loturco, I., Gil, S., de Laurino, C. F. S., Roschel, H., Kobal, R., Cal Abad, C. C., & Nakamura, F. Y. (2015). Differences in muscle mechanical properties between elite power and endurance athletes: A comparative study. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research / National Strength & Conditioning Association, 29(6), 1723–8. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000000803
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Loturco, I., Pereira, L. A., Kobal, R., Kitamura, L., Ramírez-Campillo, R., Zanetti, V., … Nakamura, F. Y. (2016). Muscle contraction velocity : A suitable approach to analyze the functional adaptations in elite soccer players. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 15, 483–491.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martín-Rodríguez, S., Loturco, I., Hunter, A. M., Rodríguez-Ruiz, D., & Munguia-Izquierdo, D. (2017). Reliability and measurement error of tensiomyography to assess mechanical muscle function: A systematic analysis. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, In press. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002250
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Metaxas, T. I., Mandroukas, A., Vamvakoudis, E., Kotoglou, K., & Mandroukas, K. (2014). Muscle fiber characteristics, satellite cells and soccer performance in young athletes. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 13, 493–501.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Patton, F., & Duggan, A. (1987). An evaluation of tests of anaerobic power. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 58(3), 237–242.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Pišot, R., Narici, M. V., Šimunič, B., De Boer, M., Seynnes, O., Jurdana, M., … Mekjavič, I. B. (2008). Whole muscle contractile parameters and thickness loss during 35-day bed rest. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 104(2), 409–414. doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0698-6
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ross, A., Gill, N., & Cronin, J. (2014). Match analysis and player characteristics in rugby sevens. Sports Medicine, 44(3), 357–367. doi: 10.1007/s40279-013-0123-0
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ross, A., Gill, N., Cronin, J., & Malcata, R. (2015). The relationship between physical characteristics and match performance in rugby sevens. European Journal of Sport Science, 15(6), 565–571. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2015.1029983
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simunic, B., Degens, H., Rittweger, J., Narici, M., Mekjavic, I. B., & Pisot, R. (2011). Noninvasive estimation of myosin heavy chain composition in human skeletal muscle. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, d, 27–30. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31821522d0
   Google Scholar
• Tous-Fajardo, J., Moras, G., Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Usach, R., Doutres, D. M., & Maffiuletti, N. A. (2010). Inter-rater reliability of muscle contractile property measurements using non-invasive tensiomyography. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 20(4), 761–766. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.02.008
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Valencic, V., Knez, N., & Simunic, B. (2001). Tenziomiography: Detection of skeletal muscle response by means of radial muscle belly displacement. Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Slovenia, 1, 1–10.
   Google Scholar
• Visscher, R. M. S., Rossi, D., Friesenbichler, B., Dohm-Acker, M., Rosenheck, T., & Maffiuletti, N. A. (2017). Vastus medialis and lateralis activity during voluntary and stimulated contractions. Muscle and Nerve, 1–7. doi: 10.1002/mus.25542
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Watsford, M., Ditroilo, M., Fernández-Peña, E., D’Amen, G., & Lucertini, F. (2010). Muscle stiffness and rate of torque development during sprint cycling. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 42(7), 1324–1332. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181ce509d
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilson, G. J., Murphy, A. J., & Pryor, J. F. (1994). Musculotendinous stiffness: Its relationship to eccentric, isometric and concentric performance. Journal of Applied Physiology, 76(6), 2714–2719. doi: 10.1152/jappl.1994.76.6.2714
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar