Oxygenation in the motor cortex during exhaustive pinching exercise

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of fatigue resulting from exhaustive pinching exercise on frontal and motor cortex activity. Eight healthy subjects (four male and four female) participated in the present study. All subjects performed at 70% of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC)...

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Published inRespiratory physiology & neurobiology Vol. 153; no. 3; pp. 261 - 266
Main Authors Shibuya, Kenichi, Tachi, Masanobu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdarm Elsevier B.V 27.10.2006
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of fatigue resulting from exhaustive pinching exercise on frontal and motor cortex activity. Eight healthy subjects (four male and four female) participated in the present study. All subjects performed at 70% of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) pinching exercise until reaching a state of volitional fatigue. Frontal cortex and motor cortex oxygenation was measured by near-infrared spectroscopy throughout the exhaustive exercise. Frontal cortex and motor cortex oxygenation increased significantly at the 90 and 120 s after the start of exercise compared with the pre-exercise values and these decreased with the time passage. Frontal cortex oxygenation at exhaustion was significantly lower than the 90 and 120 s after the start of exercise, while motor oxygenation at exhaustion was the same value with the pre-exercise value. These findings suggest that the exhaustive exercise induces the decrease of cerebral function and that the fatigue resulting from dynamic exercise decreases the motor cortex activity.
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ISSN:1569-9048
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DOI:10.1016/j.resp.2005.11.008