PMID- 31354928
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 2037-7452 (Print)
IS  - 2037-7460 (Electronic)
IS  - 2037-7452 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 2
DP  - 2019 May 7
TI  - Mind-muscle connection: effects of verbal instructions on muscle activity during 
      bench press exercise.
PG  - 8250
LID - 10.4081/ejtm.2019.8250 [doi]
LID - 8250
AB  - Different attentional foci may modify muscle activation during exercises. Our aim 
      was to determine if it is possible to selectively activate the pectoralis major 
      or triceps brachii muscles according to specific verbal instructions provided 
      during the bench press exercise. 13 resistance-trained males (25.6+/-5.4 yrs, 
      182.7+/-9.1 cm, 86.4+/-9.7 kg) underwent an electromyographic signals acquisition of 
      the sternocostal head, clavicular head of the pectoralis major, the anterior 
      deltoid, and the long head of the triceps brachii (LT) during bench press 
      exercise. Participants performed one non-instructed set (NIS) of 4 repetitions at 
      50% 1-repetition maximum (1-RM) and one NIS of 4 repetitions at 80% 1-RM. Four 
      additional sets of 4 repetitions at 50% and 80% 1-RM were randomly performed with 
      verbal instructions to isolate the chest muscles (chest instructed set, CIS) or 
      to isolate the triceps muscles (triceps instructed set, TIS). Participants showed 
      significantly higher LT activation during TIS compared to non-instructed set both 
      at 50% (p=0.0199) and 80% 1-RM (p=0.0061) respectively. TIS elicited a 
      significant (p=0.0250) higher activation of LT compared to CIS. Our results 
      suggest that verbal instructions seem to be effective for increasing activity of 
      the triceps brachii but not the pectoralis major during the bench press.
FAU - Paoli, Antonio
AU  - Paoli A
AD  - Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
AD  - Research Center for High Performance Sport, UCAM, Catholic University of Murcia, 
      Murcia, Spain.
FAU - Mancin, Laura
AU  - Mancin L
AD  - Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the quality of Life, San Raffaele, 
      Roma, Italy.
FAU - Saoncella, Matteo
AU  - Saoncella M
AD  - Human Movement Sciences, University of Padova, Italy.
FAU - Grigoletto, Davide
AU  - Grigoletto D
AD  - Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
FAU - Pacelli, Francesco Q
AU  - Pacelli FQ
AD  - Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
FAU - Zamparo, Paola
AU  - Zamparo P
AD  - Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of 
      Verona, Verona, Italy.
FAU - Schoenfeld, Brad J
AU  - Schoenfeld BJ
AD  - Department of Health Sciences, Program of Exercise Science, City University of 
      New York, Lehman College, New York, USA.
FAU - Marcolin, Giuseppe
AU  - Marcolin G
AD  - Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190612
PL  - Italy
TA  - Eur J Transl Myol
JT  - European journal of translational myology
JID - 101576208
PMC - PMC6615069
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - bench press
OT  - internal focus
OT  - mind-muscle connection
OT  - resistance training
COIS- Conflict of Interest: Authors declare no conflicts of interest.We confirm that we 
      have read the Journal's position on issues involved in ethical publication and 
      affirm that this report is consistent with those guidelines.
EDAT- 2019/07/30 06:00
MHDA- 2019/07/30 06:01
PMCR- 2019/05/07
CRDT- 2019/07/30 06:00
PHST- 2019/04/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/05/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/07/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/07/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/07/30 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/07 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.4081/ejtm.2019.8250 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Eur J Transl Myol. 2019 Jun 12;29(2):8250. doi: 10.4081/ejtm.2019.8250. 
      eCollection 2019 May 7.