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Muscle activity and inactivity periods during normal daily life

Body Composition Assessment
Author
Olli Tikkanen et al.
Used Parameters : PBF, VFA
Publication Year : 2013
Country : Finland
Journal : PLoS One
Recent findings suggest that not only the lack of physical activity, but also prolonged times of sedentary behaviour where major locomotor muscles are inactive, significantly increase the risk of chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to provide details of quadriceps and hamstring muscle inactivity and activity during normal daily life of ordinary people. Eighty-four volunteers (44 females, 40 males, 44.1±17.3 years, 172.3±6.1 cm, 70.1±10.2 kg) were measured during normal daily life using shorts measuring muscle electromyographic (EMG) …
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