Muscle Activation in Older Females after a Community-Based Resistance Training Program: A Pilot Study

Many randomized controlled trials utilizing resistance training have shown improvements in muscle activation older adults. However, these programs lack applicability to community-dwelling adults due several challenges. Therefore, the purpose of this study was test effects an eight-week community-based program on Eight females (age: 61 ± 4 years, body mass index (BMI): 31.7 5.7 kg/m2) were enrolled study. The surface electromyography (sEMG) activity evaluated before and after for three muscles (biceps brachii, upper trapezius, rectus femoris). Additional weight load tests performed measure response added resistance. After eight weeks training, no changes observed biceps brachii trapezius but decreased femoris (p = 0.04). Furthermore, loads, improved training. In summary, non-significantly upper-body