The Effect of Walking Training with Auditory Cueing on Co-Contraction of Lower Limb Muscles in Healthy Elderly

Hoseini, Hadise; Fallah Mohammadi, Zia; Memarmoghaddam, Mojgan; Hosseini Nejad, Seyyed Esmaeel

doi:10.22059/jsb.2019.280255.1342

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

¹ MSc of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

² Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

⁴ Assistant Professor of Sport Biomechanics, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsb.2019.280255.1342

Abstract

The elderly often exhibit high levels of co-contraction in lower extremity muscles which may appear to compensate for deteriorations of organs and better motor control. Normal gait depends on both the neuromuscular system and cognitive health and motion automation. Thus, subjects’ attention can be attracted to outer environment by challenging executive resources through rhythmic auditory cueing and thus daily activity such as gait can change to automatic mode. 30 qualified elderly men (age range of 60 to 75 years old) were voluntarily selected and were divided into two control groups (detraining group and walking without auditory cueing) and one experimental group (walking with auditory cueing). The pattern of lower limb muscles activity including soleus, tibialis anterior, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis and biceps femoris during 90s walking at preferred speed was investigated in pretest and posttest to evaluate muscle co-contraction. This program was performed for 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week and 20 minutes each session. Data were analyzed using ANCOVA and nonparametric Bootstrap test at the significance level of 0.05. The results showed an increase in co-contraction in the synergic muscles but a reduction in agonist–antagonist muscles after 18 sessions of program, but these findings were not statistically significant (P˃0.05). These results indicated that auditory cueing during gait could not influence muscle co-contraction in early aging which is probably due to the lack of evident cognitive changes.

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Journal of Sport Biosciences

The Effect of Walking Training with Auditory Cueing on Co-Contraction of Lower Limb Muscles in Healthy Elderly

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Volume 11, Issue 3
December 2019
Pages 327-342

The Effect of Walking Training with Auditory Cueing on Co-Contraction of Lower Limb Muscles in Healthy Elderly

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Volume 11, Issue 3December 2019Pages 327-342

Volume 11, Issue 3
December 2019
Pages 327-342