Test-retest Reliability of sEMG to Measure Fatigue in Adolescents

Universiteit Antwerpen

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Healthy Adolescents

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Surface Electromyography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07161531

6979

Details and patient eligibility

About

This cross-sectional study aims to determine the test-retest reliability of surface electromyography (sEMG) outcomes in detecting levels of fatigue among healthy adolescents engaged in physical activities. It seeks to evaluate the consistency of sEMG parameters across two test sessions and correlate these measurements with both performance metrics and subjective fatigue assessments.

Participants will perform repetitive squatting until volitional exhaustion while their muscular activity is recorded. They will do so on two different test sessions with an interval of one week in between.

Enrollment: 27 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• engage in regular physical activity, such as sports or dance

Exclusion criteria

• neuromuscular disorders
• conditions that affect muscle function

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 1 patient group

Fatigue

Experimental group

Description:

To induce muscular fatigue, participants will perform a repetitive bodyweight squat until 1) the squat cannot be performed over the full range of motion for 2 consecutive repetitions and 2) physical exertion occurs (10-point Borg scale).

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Surface Electromyography