The influence of breaststroke swimming on the muscle activity of young men in thermographic imaging
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics |
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| Citation | |
| Web | Full text článku na webové stránce časopisu |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5277/ABB-00105-2014-03 |
| Field | Sport and leisure time activities |
| Keywords | infrared thermography; swimming; muscle activity |
| Description | The aim of this work is to describe and assesse energetic-metabolic activity of selected muscles of upper extremities and body during breast-stroke swimming through infrared thermography as electromyography cannot display such muscle activity. Thermograms were taken of 25 students of University of Defence immediately and 15 minutes after swimming 1,000 m focused on 20 regions of interest respective of the selected agonists and synergists in upper extremities and body. We used FLUKE TiR infrared hand camera. It was found out that there is a significant increase (normalized units) 15 minutes after swimming in triceps brachii (on the right prior to swimming 0.950 and after swimming 0.994; on the left prior to swimming 0.947 and after 0.990), and in side, rear and front parts of the deltoid muscles. On the contrary, there was a significant relative decrease in temperature in pectoralis, rhombic and lower trapezius, erector spinae lumbalis and latissimus dorsi. It can be concluded that swimming 1,000 m breast-stroke affected significant increase in the temperature of regions of interest respective of agonists and synergists of upper extremities for the swimmer’s forward motion. A relative decrease in temperature occurred rather in body muscles. The problem of biased results due to water cooling was solved by using thermograms taken only in the 15th minute after getting out of water and calculating relative temperatures with normalized units. |