Lorenzo Fiori, Stefano Filippo Castiglia, Giorgia Chini, Francesco Draicchio, Floriana Sacco, Mariano Serrao, Antonella Tatarelli, Tiwana Varrecchia, Alberto Ranavolo
The central nervous system (CNS) controls movements and regulates joint stiffness with muscle co-activation, but until now, few studies have examined muscle pairs during running. This study aims to investigate differences in lower limb muscle coactivation during gait at different speeds, from walking to running. Nineteen healthy runners walked and ran at speeds ranging from 0.8 km/h to 9.3 km/h. Twelve lower limb muscles' co-activation was calculated using the time-varying multi-muscle co-activation function (TMCf) with global, flexor-extension, and rostro-caudal approaches...
March 19, 2024: Bioengineering