Zenon Silva
Francisco Gavidia University
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Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology | 2009
Daniela Cristina de Oliveira Silva; Zenon Silva; Gilmar da Cunha Sousa; Luiz Fernando Gouvêa e Silva; Karina do Valle Marques; Alcimar Barbosa Soares; Esem Pereira Cerqueira; Edson Aparecido Liberti; Fausto Bérzin
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the electromyographic activity of the Pectoralis Major (PM), Biceps Brachii (BB), Pronator Teres (PT) and Flexor Carpi Ulnaris (FCU) muscles involved in simulated armwrestling. METHODS Ten trained volunteers were selected to perform the armwrestling movement, during dynamic tests with 40% and 80% of maximum voluntary load (MVL) and static tests in the initial, intermediary and final positions. Electromyographic and force data were normalized for analyses. RESULTS In dynamic tests with 40% MVL, electric activity of the PT muscle was greater than FCU (p<0.01) and BB (p<0.05) muscles, and with 80% MVL, PM and PT muscles were the most active. In static tests, electric activity increased from the initial to final positions for the PM muscle (p<0.05), while it decreased for the BB and PT muscles (p<0.001 and p<0.05, respectively). No significant changes were observed for force and no correlation was found with the simultaneous electric activity. CONCLUSIONS It can be concluded that the PM and FCU muscles participate as agonists in the simulated armwrestling whereas the BB and PT muscles seem to perform secondary functions. Electric activity showed to be dependent on the load and on the position of the upper limb, but not on the force produced during the movement.
Bioscience Journal | 2006
Tales Alexandre Aversi-Ferreira; Lucélia Gonçalves Vieira; Raquel Miranda Pires; Zenon Silva; Nilson Penha-Silva
Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences | 2005
Tales Alexandre Aversi-Ferreira; Roqueline A. G. M. F. Aversi-Ferreira; Zenon Silva; Luiz Fernando Gouvêa-e-Silva; Nilson Penha-Silva
Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences | 2007
Tales Alexandre Aversi-Ferreira; Jarbas Pererira-de-Paula; Mário de Souza Lima-e-Silva; Zenon Silva
Braz. j. morphol. sci | 2004
Débora Bevilaqua-Grossi; Vanessa Monteiro-Pedro; Gilmar da Cunha Sousa; Zenon Silva; Fauto Bérzin
Bioscience Journal | 2009
Paulo Henrique de Matos Alves; Daniela Cristina de Oliveira Silva; Fabiano Campos Lima; Marcos Leandro Pereira; Zenon Silva
Pubvet | 2011
Lorena Tannús Menezes Amado; Gilmar da Cunha Sousa; Daniela Cristina de Oliveira Silva; Zenon Silva; Roberto Bernardino Júnior; Miguel Antônio Facury Neto; Frederico Balbino Lizardo; Lázaro Antônio dos Santos; Roseâmely Angélica de Carvalho Barros; André Luiz Quagliatto Santos
Biosci. j. (Online) | 2010
Eloá Borges Luna; Luiz Felipe Almeida Graça; Daniela Cristina de Oliveira Silva; Fausto Bérzin; Zenon Silva; Gilmar da Cunha Souza; Fabio Franceschini Mitri
Braz. j. morphol. sci | 2002
Zenon Silva; Cristiana Soave; Gilmar da Cunha Sousa; Fausto Bérzin; Roseâmely Angélica de Carvalho Barros; Daniela Cristina de Oliveira Silva
Revista de Biologia Neotropical / Journal of Neotropical Biology | 2017
Fabiano Campos Lima; Kleber Fernando Pereira; Ricardo de Mattos Santa Rita; Dayane Kelly Sabec-Pereira; Roseâmely Angélica de Carvalho-Barros; Zenon Silva; Daniela Cristina de Oliveira Silva