Neuromuscular Performance during Lifespan: Assessment Methods and Exercise Interventions

Neuromuscular performance can be regarded as the ability of the neuromuscular system to functionally control and drive movements by an appropriate integration, coordination and use of sensory feedback, reflex activity, central motor drive, muscle recruitment pattern, muscular excitation-contraction...

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description Neuromuscular performance can be regarded as the ability of the neuromuscular system to functionally control and drive movements by an appropriate integration, coordination and use of sensory feedback, reflex activity, central motor drive, muscle recruitment pattern, muscular excitation-contraction coupling and energy availability. This ability, for instance, enables the human organism to maintain stability and posture within the gravitational field in static and dynamic situations, to generate an appropriate amount of force necessary to solve a given motor task successfully or to co-ordinate limb movements in order to protect body structures and to avoid tissue damage. It is widely accepted within the scientific community that a well-developed capacity of the neuromuscular system is highly relevant for fitness and health during the whole lifespan. In early years, the appropriate development of the neuromuscular capacity supports the acquisition of basic movement and motor skills and, thus, contributes to sports competency. In this regard, a high neuromuscular performance may lead children and adolescents into an active and sportive lifestyle. Furthermore, the capacity of the neuromuscular system is fundamental to achieve peak sports performance in late adolescence and young adulthood. In this regard, there is also convincing evidence that injury risk can be reduced by appropriate exercise interventions targeting particularly the neuromuscular system. During later stages of life, a well-trained neuromuscular capacity enables people to stay active and healthy as well as maintaining the ability to fulfil the job requirements. In elderly people, neuromuscular fitness may minimize the risk of falling. During the later stages of life, the capacity of the neuromuscular system remains relevant to deal with the demands of daily life and, thus, to stay mobile and independent as long as possible. Although the relevance of neuromuscular performance is widely recognized, there is a large diversity in assessment methods and potentially efficacious exercise interventions. Whereas the aerobic capacity or muscular strength are very similarly assessed from childhood to older age, for instance, by conducting a VO2 max or one-repetition maximum test, respectively, there is no such uniform assessment method for neuromuscular performance measures. The diversity of assessment methods is at least partly reflected by a large heterogeneity of intervention approaches. This phenomenon might be attributed to an anticipated task-specificity of neuromuscular co-ordination and adaptations. A valid comparison of neuromuscular performance during different stages of the lifespan is therefore difficult.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-734322024-04-04T19:19:38Z Neuromuscular Performance during Lifespan: Assessment Methods and Exercise Interventions Faude, Oliver Donath, Lars sensorimotor strength balance postural control gait power motor co-ordination thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MF Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences::MFG Physiology Neuromuscular performance can be regarded as the ability of the neuromuscular system to functionally control and drive movements by an appropriate integration, coordination and use of sensory feedback, reflex activity, central motor drive, muscle recruitment pattern, muscular excitation-contraction coupling and energy availability. This ability, for instance, enables the human organism to maintain stability and posture within the gravitational field in static and dynamic situations, to generate an appropriate amount of force necessary to solve a given motor task successfully or to co-ordinate limb movements in order to protect body structures and to avoid tissue damage. It is widely accepted within the scientific community that a well-developed capacity of the neuromuscular system is highly relevant for fitness and health during the whole lifespan. In early years, the appropriate development of the neuromuscular capacity supports the acquisition of basic movement and motor skills and, thus, contributes to sports competency. In this regard, a high neuromuscular performance may lead children and adolescents into an active and sportive lifestyle. Furthermore, the capacity of the neuromuscular system is fundamental to achieve peak sports performance in late adolescence and young adulthood. In this regard, there is also convincing evidence that injury risk can be reduced by appropriate exercise interventions targeting particularly the neuromuscular system. During later stages of life, a well-trained neuromuscular capacity enables people to stay active and healthy as well as maintaining the ability to fulfil the job requirements. In elderly people, neuromuscular fitness may minimize the risk of falling. During the later stages of life, the capacity of the neuromuscular system remains relevant to deal with the demands of daily life and, thus, to stay mobile and independent as long as possible. Although the relevance of neuromuscular performance is widely recognized, there is a large diversity in assessment methods and potentially efficacious exercise interventions. Whereas the aerobic capacity or muscular strength are very similarly assessed from childhood to older age, for instance, by conducting a VO2 max or one-repetition maximum test, respectively, there is no such uniform assessment method for neuromuscular performance measures. The diversity of assessment methods is at least partly reflected by a large heterogeneity of intervention approaches. This phenomenon might be attributed to an anticipated task-specificity of neuromuscular co-ordination and adaptations. A valid comparison of neuromuscular performance during different stages of the lifespan is therefore difficult. 2021-11-18T16:17:15Z 2021-11-18T16:17:15Z 2020 book ONIX_20211118_9782889632770_564 9782889632770 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/73432 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/7210/neuromuscular-performance-during-lifespan-assessment-methods-and-exercise-interventions https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/7210/neuromuscular-performance-during-lifespan-assessment-methods-and-exercise-interventions Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/978-2-88963-277-0 10.3389/978-2-88963-277-0 bf5ce210-e72e-4860-ba9b-c305640ff3ae 9782889632770 196 open access
spellingShingle sensorimotor
strength
balance
postural control
gait
power
motor co-ordination
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thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MF Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences::MFG Physiology
Neuromuscular Performance during Lifespan: Assessment Methods and Exercise Interventions
title Neuromuscular Performance during Lifespan: Assessment Methods and Exercise Interventions
title_full Neuromuscular Performance during Lifespan: Assessment Methods and Exercise Interventions
title_fullStr Neuromuscular Performance during Lifespan: Assessment Methods and Exercise Interventions
title_full_unstemmed Neuromuscular Performance during Lifespan: Assessment Methods and Exercise Interventions
title_short Neuromuscular Performance during Lifespan: Assessment Methods and Exercise Interventions
title_sort neuromuscular performance during lifespan assessment methods and exercise interventions
topic sensorimotor
strength
balance
postural control
gait
power
motor co-ordination
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MF Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences::MFG Physiology
topic_facet sensorimotor
strength
balance
postural control
gait
power
motor co-ordination
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MF Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences::MFG Physiology
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