TY - JOUR
T1 - Suspended lunge exercise
T2 - Assessment of forces in different positions and paces
AU - Aguilera-Castells, Joan
AU - Buscà, Bernat
AU - Peña, Javier
AU - Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, Azahara
AU - Solana-Tramunt, Mònica
AU - Morales, Jose
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to all the study participants for their contributions. The research leading to these results was conducted using funds from the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya i als Fons Socials Europeus under Grant [2018 FI_B 00229]; and Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (Beca de Col·laboració) under Grant [311327].
Funding Information:
We are grateful to all the study participants for their contributions. The research leading to these results was conducted using funds from the Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya i als Fons Socials Europeus under Grant [2018 FI_B 00229]; and Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (Beca de Col·laboració) under Grant [311327].
Publisher Copyright:
© Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l'Educació i de l'Esport Blanquerna Universitat Ramon Llull
CC BY-NC-ND
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The forces exerted on a suspension device have been examined in the upper body exercises such as push-ups or inverted row. However, there is a lack of evidence with regard to the effects of a suspension device on force production in lower limb exercises. For this reason, this aim of this study was to determine the effects of body position, contraction patterns and pace on force production by the lower limb during the execution of suspended lunge exercises. Ten physically active male university students (n = 10, age = 23.70±2.83 years old) performed sixteen suspended lunges in four different positions and at three different paces (60, 70, and 80 beats per minute). A load cell was used to assess the forces exerted on the suspension device. Force data were analysed with factorial repeated measurements (ANOVA). Significant main effects for position in concentric force (p= .000), average force (p= .002), and for frequency in peak force (p= .004) were found. Peak force was significantly higher in all positions for dynamic contraction type than for isometric suspended lunge. In conclusion, a greater distance of the feet, frequencies around 70 beats per minute and the dynamic contraction type all contributed to enhancing the forces exerted on the suspension strap in the performance of the lunge exercise.
AB - The forces exerted on a suspension device have been examined in the upper body exercises such as push-ups or inverted row. However, there is a lack of evidence with regard to the effects of a suspension device on force production in lower limb exercises. For this reason, this aim of this study was to determine the effects of body position, contraction patterns and pace on force production by the lower limb during the execution of suspended lunge exercises. Ten physically active male university students (n = 10, age = 23.70±2.83 years old) performed sixteen suspended lunges in four different positions and at three different paces (60, 70, and 80 beats per minute). A load cell was used to assess the forces exerted on the suspension device. Force data were analysed with factorial repeated measurements (ANOVA). Significant main effects for position in concentric force (p= .000), average force (p= .002), and for frequency in peak force (p= .004) were found. Peak force was significantly higher in all positions for dynamic contraction type than for isometric suspended lunge. In conclusion, a greater distance of the feet, frequencies around 70 beats per minute and the dynamic contraction type all contributed to enhancing the forces exerted on the suspension strap in the performance of the lunge exercise.
KW - Lower-body strength
KW - Strain gauge
KW - Suspension training
KW - Entrenament en suspensió
KW - Força tren inferior
KW - Galga de força
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066864857
SN - 1138-3194
VL - 37
SP - 57
EP - 64
JO - Aloma
JF - Aloma
IS - 1
ER -