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Circadian force and EMG activity in hindlimb muscles of rhesus monkeysContinuous intramuscular electromyograms (EMGs) were recorded from the soleus (Sol), medial gastrocnemius (MG), tibialis anterior (TA), and vastus lateralis (VL) muscles of Rhesus during normal cage activity throughout 24-h periods and also during treadmill locomotion. Daily levels of MG tendon force and EMG activity were obtained from five monkeys with partial datasets from three other animals. Activity levels correlated with the light-dark cycle with peak activities in most muscles occurring between 08:00 and 10:00. The lowest levels of activity generally occurred between 22:00 and 02:00. Daily EMG integrals ranged from 19 mV/s in one TA muscle to 3339 mV/s in one Sol muscle: average values were 1245 (Sol), 90 (MG), 65 (TA), and 209 (VL) mV/s. The average Sol EMG amplitude per 24-h period was 14 microV, compared with 246 microV for a short burst of locomotion. Mean EMG amplitudes for the Sol, MG, TA, and VL during active periods were 102, 18, 20, and 33 microV, respectively. EMG amplitudes that approximated recruitment of all fibers within a muscle occurred for 5-40 s/day in all muscles. The duration of daily activation was greatest in the Sol [151 +/- 45 (SE) min] and shortest in the TA (61 +/- 19 min). The results show that even a "postural" muscle such as the Sol was active for only approximately 9% of the day, whereas less active muscles were active for approximately 4% of the day. MG tendon forces were generally very low, consistent with the MG EMG data but occasionally reached levels close to estimates of the maximum force generating potential of the muscle. The Sol and TA activities were mutually exclusive, except at very low levels, suggesting very little coactivation of these antagonistic muscles. In contrast, the MG activity usually accompanied Sol activity suggesting that the MG was rarely used in the absence of Sol activation. The results clearly demonstrate a wide range of activation levels among muscles of the same animal as well as among different animals during normal cage activity.
Document ID
20040112301
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hodgson, J. A.
(University of California 621 Charles E. Young Dr. South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States)
Wichayanuparp, S.
Recktenwald, M. R.
Roy, R. R.
McCall, G.
Day, M. K.
Washburn, D.
Fanton, J. W.
Kozlovskaya, I.
Edgerton, V. R.
Rumbaugh, D. M.
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 2001
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of neurophysiology
Volume: 86
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0022-3077
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Discipline Musculoskeletal
Non-NASA Center

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