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II Muscle Fibres (ii + muscle_fibre)

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Kinds of II Muscle Fibres

  • type ii muscle fibre
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    Selected Abstracts

    EMG and Oxygen Uptake Responses During Slow and Fast Ramp Exercise in Humans

    EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, Issue 1 2002
    Barry W. Scheuermann
    This study examined the relationship between muscle recruitment patterns using surface electromyography (EMG) and the excess O2 uptake (ExV,O2) that accompanies slow (SR, 8 W min,1) but not fast (FR, 64 W min,1) ramp increases in work rate (WR) during exercise on a cycle ergometer. Nine subjects (2 females) participated in this study (25 ± 2 years, ± S.E.M.). EMG was obtained from the vastus lateralis and medialis and analysed in the time (root mean square, RMS) and frequency (median power frequency, MDPF) domain. Results for each muscle were averaged to provide an overall response and expressed relative to a maximal voluntary contraction (%MVC). ,V,O2/,WR was calculated for exercise below (S1) and above (S2) the lactate threshold (LT) using linear regression. The increase in RMS relative to the increase in WR for exercise below the LT (,RMS/,WR-S1) was determined using linear regression. Due to non-linearities in RMS above the LT, ,RMS/,WR-S2 is reported as the difference in RMS (,RMS) and the difference in WR (,WR) at end-exercise and the LT. SR was associated with a higher (P < 0.05) ,V,O2/,WR (S1, 9.3 ± 0.3 ml min,1 W,1; S2, 12.5 ± 0.6 ml min,1 W,1) than FR (S1, 8.5 ± 0.4 ml min,1 W,1; S2, 7.9 ± 0.4 ml min,1 W,1) but a similar ,RMS/,WR-S1 (SR, 0.11 ± 0.01% W,1; FR, 0.10 ± 0.01% W,1). ExV,O2 was greater (P < 0.05) in SR (3.6 ± 0.7 l) than FR (-0.7 ± 0.4 l) but was not associated with a difference in either ,RMS/,WR-S2 (SR, 0.14 ± 0.01% W,1; FR, 15 ± 0.02% W,1) or MDPF (SR, 2.6 ± 5.9%; FR, -15.4 ± 4.5%). The close matching between power output and RMS during SR and FR suggests that the ExV,O2 of heavy exercise is not associated with the recruitment of additional motor units since ExV,O2 was observed during SR only. Compared to the progressive decrease in MDPF observed during FR, the MDPF remained relatively constant during SR suggesting that either (i) there was no appreciable recruitment of the less efficient type II muscle fibres, at least in addition to those recruited initially at the onset of exercise, or (ii) the decrease in MDPF associated with fatigue was offset by the addition of a higher frequency of type II fibres recruited to replace the fatigued motor units. [source]

    Phosphocreatine degradation in type I and type II muscle fibres during submaximal exercise in man: effect of carbohydrate ingestion

    THE JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, Issue 1 2001
    Kostas Tsintzas
    1The aim of this study was to examine the effect of carbohydrate (CHO) ingestion on changes in ATP and phosphocreatine (PCr) concentrations in different muscle fibre types during prolonged running and relate those changes to the degree of glycogen depletion. 2Five male subjects performed two runs at 70 % maximum oxygen uptake (V,O2,max), 1 week apart. Each subject ingested 8 ml (kg body mass (BM)),1 of either a placebo (Con trial) or a 5.5 % CHO solution (CHO trial) immediately before each run and 2 ml (kg BM),1 every 20 min thereafter. In the Con trial, the subjects ran to exhaustion (97.0 ± 6.7 min). In the CHO trial, the run was terminated at the time coinciding with exhaustion in the Con trial. Muscle samples were obtained from the vastus lateralis before and after each trial. 3Carbohydrate ingestion did not affect ATP concentrations. However, it attenuated the decline in PCr concentration by 46 % in type I fibres (CHO: 20 ± 8 mmol (kg dry matter (DM)),1; Con: 34 ± 6 mmol (kg DM),1; P < 0.05) and by 36 % in type II fibres (CHO: 30 ± 5 mmol (kg DM),1; Con: 48 ± 6 mmol (kg DM),1; P < 0.05). 4A 56 % reduction in glycogen utilisation in type I fibres was observed in CHO compared with Con (117 ± 39 vs. 240 ± 32 mmol glucosyl units (kg DM),1, respectively; P < 0.01), but no difference was observed in type II fibres. 5It is proposed that CHO ingestion during exhaustive running attenuates the decline in oxidative ATP resynthesis in type I fibres, as indicated by sparing of both PCr and glycogen breakdown. The CHO-induced sparing of PCr, but not glycogen, in type II fibres may reflect differential recruitment and/or role of PCr between fibre types. [source]

    No Association of the ACTN3 Gene R577X Polymorphism with Endurance Performance in Ironman Triathlons

    ANNALS OF HUMAN GENETICS, Issue 6 2007
    C. J. Saunders
    Summary Alpha-actinins are major structural components of the Z-discs in skeletal muscle. Alpha-actinin 3 is encoded by the ACTN3 gene and is expressed only in type II muscle fibres. Homozygosity for the nonsense mutation, 577X, within ACTN3 results in deficiency of ,-actinin-3 but does not result in an abnormal muscular phenotype. Previous research has found an association of the 577R allele with sprinting and/or power performance. It has also been suggested that the 577X allele may confer an advantage during endurance events. Four hundred and fifty seven Caucasian male triathletes who completed either the 2000 and/or 2001 226 km South African Ironman Triathlons, and 143 Caucasian controls, were genotyped for the R577X mutation within the ACTN3 gene. There were no significant differences in either the genotype (P = 0.486) or allele (P = 0.375) frequencies within the fastest, middle of the field or slowest Caucasian male finishers and the control population. In conclusion, the R577X polymorphism within the ACTN3 gene was not associated with ultra-endurance performance in the 2000 and 2001 South African Ironman Triathlons. [source]

    Transection of the sciatic nerve and reinnervation in adult rats: muscle and endplate morphology

    EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL, Issue S33 2001
    J. IJKEMA-PAASSEN
    Summary The functional recovery after peripheral nerve lesions is generally poor. We studied whether changes in muscles after reinnervation might explain such disappointing results. The functional recovery after peripheral nerve lesions is generally poor. Changes in muscle morphology and neuromuscular innervation might partly explain this lack of compensation. In order to test this hypothesis, we studied muscular differentiation in the soleus, gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior muscles at 7, 15 and 21 weeks after a sciatic nerve lesion in adult rats. In the gastrocnemius and tibialis muscles the percentages of type II muscles fibres were decreased at 7 and 15 weeks but at 21 weeks they again approached normal values. The soleus muscle, however, was permanently decreased in size and this muscle, in contrast to the normal soleus muscle, contained mainly type II fibres. The morphology of the endplates showed distinct stages of degeneration and reinnervation. Two weeks after denervation, in rats in which reinnervation was prevented, all 3 muscles contained considerable numbers of morphologically abnormal endplates and, after 7 weeks, no endplates were detected. During reinnervation, endplates showing signs of acetylcholinesterase activity were observed in all 3 muscles from 7 weeks. At later ages a shift towards morphologically normal endplates occurred, but complete recovery was not observed. Endplates in all 3 muscles were polyneurally innervated at 7 weeks. Although these percentages decreased over age, polyneural innervation was still present at 21 weeks. We conclude that the changes in the distribution of fibre types, abnormal endplate morphology and polyneural innervation may in part explain the poor functional recovery after peripheral nerve lesions. [source]