Sebastian Garcia-Vicencio, Vincent Martin, Emeric Chalchat, Luis Penailillo, Virginie Kluka, Anne-Véronique Fourot, Emmanuel Coudeyre, Sébastien Ratel
Young obese are generally stronger than their typically developing counterparts. Strength differences could be partly ascribed to nervous adaptations, due to the loading effect of carrying overweight. We hypothesized that central adaptations of the muscles highly involved in weight bearing, i.e., plantar flexors (PF) and knee extensors (KE) could be greater in girls than boys due to their reduced potential for muscle hypertrophy. Furthermore, it is possible that neuromuscular adaptations in weight-bearing muscles will be greater compared to the unloaded muscles such as the adductor pollicis (AP)...
September 13, 2023: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology