title: The effect of lymph drainage on the myoelectric manifestation of vastus lateralis fatigue: Preliminary results.
abstract: Variations in surface electromyograms (EMGs) collected from the vastus lateralis muscle during isometric fatiguing contractions were investigated pre-post lymphatic drainage (intervention group, N=3) and pre-post rest (control group, N=3). The slope of conduction velocity and of EMG amplitude and spectral descriptors was computed from the start to the failure time; the instant after which subjects could not endure contractions. When compared to subjects in the control group, those in the intervention group endured longer. Similarly, muscle fatigue affected to a lesser extent EMGs following lymphatic drainage than following rest. These preliminary results suggest the lymphatic drainage may potentially delay muscle fatigue.
authors.forename: Taian M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Nathalli G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Readi
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schwarcke
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botter
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000502:physiology*; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000502:physiology*