Brock University researchers looking for boys aged seven to 12 for a muscle development study.
Brock University calling on children to participate in a muscle study.
PhD student Stacey Woods wants to answer a question, is time the only factor accounting in differences between adults and children when it comes to muscle development?
Woods also wants to know if there are areas where children have a competitive advantage over adults.
The Brock researcher is looking for boys between the ages of seven and 12 to perform a variety of physical activities in her team’s lab at Brock University.
Woods is examining factors contributing to muscle activation during different types of actions and in different muscles.
She will examine muscle contractions in which muscles are shortened or become tense, and muscle fatigue, which is the decline in the muscle’s power capacity.
Woods says her research started last year but COVID restrictions stalled the in-person portion of the research.
With her study, Woods is aiming to test the team’s theory that children use less of their ‘fast-twitch’ muscles than adults do.
Fast-twitch, or Type 2, muscles, are used in movements that require quick, short energy bursts like what are needed for powerlifting or sprinting.
The study is part of work underway by a larger Brock research team that is examining the effect of exercise and physical training on bone health and on neuro-muscular function during growth and maturation.
Those interested in participating in the study should contact Woods at sw16hl@brocku.ca or call the lab at 905-688-5550 x5623.
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