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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 69, Issue 6 2004-2011, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of vertical jumping on the medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of rats

P. C. Dooley, T. M. Bach and A. R. Luff
Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.

Ten rats were trained to perform approximately 30 jumps/day, 5 days/wk for at least 8 wk, from a force platform that enabled the number and height of jumps to be quantified. There was considerable variation in height jumped during an activity session both within and between rats. The two highest-jumping rats attained a displacement of center of mass of approximately 30 cm, estimated to be approximately 67% of the maximum attainable. The two lowest-jumping rats jumped to approximately 30% of the estimated maximum. The activity was described as "habitual activity" rather than "training" because there were no significant increases in the height of jumping by any rat over the period of activity. The isometric properties of medial gastrocnemius (MG) and soleus muscles were studied in terminal experiments on anesthetised rats. Five significant effects on MG were evoked by this pattern of exercise ("habituation"): 1) a 15-18% increase in force at frequencies of stimulation between 60 and 150 Hz and a 15% increase in maximum tetanic tension to 14.9 N, 2) a 3% increase in the maximum rate of rise of tetanic force to 3.4% of maximum tetanic tension per millisecond, 3) an increase in fatigability expressed as a smaller fatigue index in active rats (33%) than in controls (58%), 4) a decrease of 4% in the percentage of type IIa muscle fibers, and 5) an increase of 6% in the percentage of type II fibers that could not be classified with certainty as IIa or IIb.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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