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dc.contributor.authorHeales, Luke James
dc.contributor.authorHug, François
dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, David Alan
dc.contributor.authorVicenzino, Bill
dc.contributor.authorHodges, Paul William
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-11T21:32:23Z
dc.date.available2023-06-11T21:32:23Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0268-0033en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2016.04.017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/407963
dc.description.abstractBackground: Lateral epicondylalgia is a common musculoskeletal disorder and is associated with deficits in the motor system including painful grip. This study compared coordination of forearm muscles (muscle synergies) during repeated gripping between individuals with and without lateral epicondylalgia. Methods: Twelve participants with lateral epicondylalgia and 14 controls performed 15 cyclical repetitions of sub-maximal (20% maximum grip force of asymptomatic arm), pain free dynamic gripping in four arm positions: shoulder neutral with elbow flexed to 90° and shoulder flexed to 90° with elbow extended both with forearm pronated and neutral. Muscle activity was recorded from extensor carpi radialis brevis/longus, extensor digitorum, flexor digitorum superficialis/profundus, and flexor carpi radialis, with intramuscular electrodes. Muscle synergies were extracted using non-negative matrix factorisation. Findings: Analysis of each position and participant, demonstrated that two muscle synergies accounted for > 97% of the variance for both groups. Between-group differences were identified after electromyography patterns of the control group were used to reconstruct the patterns of the lateral epicondylalgia group. A greater variance accounted for was identified for the controls than lateral epicondylalgia (p = 0.009). This difference might be explained by an additional burst of flexor digitorum superficialis electromyography during grip release in many lateral epicondylalgia participants. Interpretation: These data provide evidence of some differences in synergistic organisation of activation of forearm muscles between individuals with and without lateral epicondylalgia. Due to study design it is not possible to elucidate whether changes in the coordination of muscle activity during gripping are associated with the cause or effect of lateral epicondylalgia.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom124en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto131en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalClinical Biomechanicsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume35en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exerciseen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4003en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4017en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207en_US
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsTechnologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicineen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEngineering, Biomedicalen_US
dc.subject.keywordsOrthopedicsen_US
dc.titleIs synergistic organisation of muscle coordination altered in people with lateral epicondylalgia? A case-control studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articlesen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHeales, LJ; Hug, F; MacDonald, DA; Vicenzino, B; Hodges, PW, Is synergistic organisation of muscle coordination altered in people with lateral epicondylalgia? A case-control study, Clinical Biomechanics, 2016, 35, pp. 124-131en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-04-29
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.date.updated2021-09-15T00:33:18Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2016. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
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gro.griffith.authorMacDonald, David


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