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J Appl Physiol (December 26, 2008). doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.91381.2008
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Submitted on October 18, 2008
Revised on December 2, 2008
Accepted on December 17, 2008

Effects of static and dynamic training on the stiffness and blood volume of tendon in vivo

Keitaro Kubo1*, Toshihiro Ikebukuro2, katsutoshi Yaeshima, Hideaki Yata3, Naoya Tsunoda, and Hiroaki Kanehisa4

1 University of Tokyo
2 Kokushikan University
3 Wako University
4 Unversity of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kubo{at}idaten.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of static and dynamic training on the stiffness and blood volume of the human tendon in vivo. Ten subjects completed 12 weeks (4 days/week) of a unilateral training program for knee extensors. They performed static training on one side (ST; 70% of maximum voluntary contraction (MVC)) and dynamic training on the other side (DT; 80% of one repetition maximum). Before and after training, MVC, neural activation level (by interpolated twitch), muscle volume (by magnetic resonance imaging), stiffness of tendon-aponeurosis complex and patella tendon (by ultrasonography), and blood volume of patella tendon (by red laser lights) were measured. Both protocols significantly increased MVC (49% for ST, 32% for DT; both p<0.001), neural activation level (9.5% for ST, 7.6% for DT; both p<0.01), and muscle volume (4.5% for ST, 5.6% for DT; both p<0.01). The stiffness of tendon-aponeurosis complex increased significantly after ST (55%, p=0.003) and DT (30%, p=0.033), while the stiffness of patella tendon increased significantly after ST (83%, p<0.001), but not for DT (p=0.110). The blood volume of patella tendon increased significantly after DT (47%, p=0.016), but not for ST (p=0.205). These results implied that the changes in the blood volume of tendon would be related to differences in the effects of resistance training on the tendon properties.




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