Muscle Force-Velocity Relationships Observed in Four Different Functional Tests
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2017-03-13
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DE GRUYTER OPEN LTD
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The aims of the present study were to investigate the shape and strength of the force-velocity relationships
observed in different functional movement tests and explore the parameters depicting force, velocity and power
producing capacities of the tested muscles. Twelve subjects were tested on maximum performance in vertical jumps,
cycling, bench press throws, and bench pulls performed against different loads. Thereafter, both the averaged and
maximum force and velocity variables recorded from individual trials were used for force-velocity relationship
modeling. The observed individual force–velocity relationships were exceptionally strong (median correlation
coefficients ranged from r = 0.930 to r = 0.995) and approximately linear independently of the test and variable type.
Most of the relationship parameters observed from the averaged and maximum force and velocity variable types were
strongly related in all tests (r = 0.789-0.991), except for those in vertical jumps (r = 0.485-0.930). However, the
generalizability of the force-velocity relationship parameters depicting maximum force, velocity and power of the tested
muscles across different tests was inconsistent and on average moderate. We concluded that the linear force-velocity
relationship model based on either maximum or averaged force-velocity data could provide the outcomes depicting force,
velocity and power generating capacity of the tested muscles, although such outcomes can only be partially generalized
across different muscles.
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Zivkovic, Milena Z., et al. "Muscle Force-Velocity Relationships Observed in Four Different Functional Tests." Journal of Human Kinetics 56.1 (2017): 39-49.