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SYMMETRY-BASEL
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/sym13112226
Keywords
force sense; force matching task; force reproduction; force errors; lower extremities; resistance training
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The study found that strength training can improve the accuracy and consistency of force in lower limbs during a force reproduction task, with a more pronounced improvement in the dominant limb. This asymmetry in force application ability changes between dominant and non-dominant limbs may be due to different mechanisms responsible for voluntary movement control.
The study aimed to investigate the impact of a 12-week strength training program on force accuracy and steadiness changes in lower limbs in young healthy men. Twenty subjects with a dominant right lower limb were included. They performed a force matching task both pre and post strength training program. The ability to reproduce force was determined by calculating three errors: absolute error (AE), constant error (CE), and variable error (VE). After intervention AE and VE improved in both legs indicating higher improvement in the dominant leg (p = 0.032 for AE and p = 0.005 for VE). However, CE improved only in the dominant leg (p = 0.001). We conclude that strength training improved the accuracy and consistency of force in a force reproduction task. This improvement was more evident in the dominant lower limb. Most likely, the inter-limb asymmetry in changes of force application ability caused by strength training is due to the different mechanisms responsible for the control of voluntary movements in the dominant and non-dominant lower limb.
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