• J. Neurophysiol. · Nov 2005

    Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    Evoked H-reflex and V-wave responses during maximal isometric, concentric, and eccentric muscle contraction.

    • Julien Duclay and Alain Martin.
    • INSERM/ERM 207 Motricité-Plasticité, Faculté des Sciences du Sport, BP 27 877-21 078 Dijon Cedex, France. julien.duclay@u-bourgogne.fr
    • J. Neurophysiol. 2005 Nov 1;94(5):3555-62.

    AbstractThis study was designed to investigate the modulations of H-reflex and V-wave responses during passive and maximal active dynamic actions. Experiments were performed on 16 healthy males [age: 24 +/- 4 (SD) yr]. Maximal H-reflexes (Hmax) and M-waves (MmaxR) were evoked at the same muscle length during passive isometric, shortening and lengthening actions and during maximal voluntary isometric, concentric, and eccentric plantar-flexion. In all contraction types, supra-maximal stimulus intensity was used to evoke the superimposed maximal M wave (MmaxA) and V wave (V) of the soleus muscle. At rest, the Hmax/MmaxR ratio was significantly reduced during lengthening with respect to isometric and shortening actions (P < 0.05). For each action type, the ratio between H reflex superimposed to the contraction (Hsup) and MmaxA was not different from Hmax/MmaxR ratio. When plantar flexors were maximally voluntary activated, the Hsup/MmaxA ratio was still lower during eccentric contraction as compared with isometric and concentric efforts (0.33 +/- 0.03 vs. 0.47 +/- 0.02 and 0.50 +/- 0.03, P < 0.001), whereas V/MmaxA ratios were similar for all contraction types (isometric 0.26 +/- 0.02; concentric 0.23 +/- 0.03, and eccentric 0.24 +/- 0.02; P > 0.05). The V/MmaxA ratio was significantly lower than Hsup/MmaxA during isometric and concentric MVC (P < 0.001). No difference was observed between V/MmaxA and Hsup/MmaxA ratios during eccentric efforts. The H-reflex modulations, present during lengthening actions, were mainly attributed to presynaptic inhibition of Ia afferents and to homosynaptic postactivation depression. Results on V wave and H reflex suggest that during eccentric MVC, the spinal loop is specifically modulated by the supra-spinal centers and/or neural mechanisms at spinal level.

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