Muscle endurance and cervical electromyographic activity during submaximal efforts in women with and without migraine

Autor(es)

Florencio, Lidiane Lima ^{[1, 2]} ; de Oliveira, Anamaria Siriani ^[1] ; Will-Lemos, Tenysson ^[1] ; Pinheiro, Carina Ferreira ^[1] ; da Silva Marcal, Jene Carolina ^[1] ; Dach, Fabiola ^[3] ; Fernandez-de-las-Penas, Cesar ^[2] ; Bevilaqua-Grossi, Debora ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Hlth Sci, Ribeirao Preto Med Sch, Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Dept Phys Therapy Occupat Therapy Rehabil & Phys, Alcorcon - Spain

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Neurosci & Behav Sci, Ribeirao Preto Med Sch, Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS; v. 82, FEB 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Background: Despite previous reports supporting cervical muscle weakness and altered motor control in migraine, the endurance under standardized submaximal loads has not been investigated. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the endurance and muscle activity of the cervical musculature during submaximal isometric contractions in women with migraine and those without headache. Methods: Cervical muscle endurance tests were performed for flexors and extensors at 25%, 50%, and 75% of the output force during maximal isometric contraction using the Multi-Cervical Rehabilitation Unit with customized biofeedback. Initial values and relative rates of changes in root mean square and median frequency were calculated using cervical muscle superficial electromyography. Findings: Women with chronic migraine presented significantly shorter flexor endurance time in all load tests than controls (25%, P = .001, 50%, P = .005; 75%, P = .013), while episodic migraine only differed from controls at 75% (P = .018). The frequency of neck pain and/or pain referred to the head after the endurance test was up 12% in the control group, 40% in the episodic migraine group and 68% of the chronic migraine group. Few differences between groups were observed in the electromyographic variables and none of them was related to a worse performance in the endurance tests. Interpretation: Cervical flexor endurance was reduced in women with chronic migraine when independent of the load, whereas it was reduced to 75% of the maximal force in those with episodic migraine. No difference in the electromyographic variables could be related to this reduced flexor endurance. Also, no differences were detected in extensors endurance. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/18031-5 - Estudo da associação de aspectos clínicos, funcionais e de neuroimagem em mulheres com migrânea
• Beneficiário: Débora Bevilaqua Grossi
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 17/07410-0 - Avaliação da força máxima e da atividade eletromiográfica da musculatura cervical em Migrânea e Migrânea Crônica: estudo controlado
• Beneficiário: Lidiane Lima Florencio
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 18/23832-5 - Avaliação da força máxima e da atividade eletromiográfica da musculatura cervical em migrânea e migrânea crônica: estudo controlado
• Beneficiário: Carina Ferreira Pinheiro de Araújo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado