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Effects of Four Weeks of Strength Training on the Corticomotoneuronal Pathway.

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PURPOSE:Neural adaptations to strength training have long been recognized, but knowledge of mechanisms remains incomplete. Using novel techniques and a design which limited experimental bias, this study examined if 4 wk of strength training alters voluntary activation and corticospinal transmission. METHODS:Twenty-one subjects were randomized into strength training (n = 10; 7 females, 3 males; 23.5 ± 7.5 yr; mean ± SD) and control groups (n = 11; 2 females, 9 males; 23.0 ± 4.2 yr). Strength training involved 12 sessions of high-force isometric contractions of the elbow flexors. Before and after training, voluntary activation of the elbow flexors was assessed via transcranial magnetic stimulation. Also, for the first time, magnetic stimulation of corticospinal axons was used to examine spinal-level adaptations to training. The evoked responses, termed cervicomedullary motor-evoked potentials (CMEPs), were acquired in resting biceps brachii in three arm postures. Muscle adaptations were assessed via electrical stimulation of biceps. RESULTS:Compared with the control group, the strength training group exhibited greater increases in maximal strength (12.8% ± 6.8% vs 0.0% ± 2.7%; P < 0.001), biceps electromyographic activity (27.8% ± 25.9% vs -5.2% ± 16.8%; P = 0.002), and voluntary activation (4.7% ± 3.9% raw change vs -0.1% ± 5.2%; P = 0.034). Biceps CMEPs in all arm postures were unchanged after training. Biceps twitch characteristics were also unchanged. CONCLUSIONS:Four weeks of isometric strength training of the elbow flexors increased muscle strength and voluntary activation, without a change in the muscle. The improvement in activation suggests that voluntary output from the cortex was better able to recruit motoneurons and/or increase their firing rates. The lack of change in CMEPs indicates that neither corticospinal transmission nor motoneuron excitability was affected by training.

journal_name

Med Sci Sports Exerc

journal_title

Medicine and science in sports and exercise

authors

Nuzzo JL,Barry BK,Jones MD,Gandevia SC,Taylor JL

doi

10.1249/MSS.0000000000001367

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-11-01 00:00:00

pages

2286-2296

issue

eissn

0195-9131

issn

1530-0315

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Effects of Four Weeks of Strength Training on the Corticomotoneuronal Pathway.