Comparison of upper limb muscles behaviour for skilled and recreational archers using compound bow

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate muscles activity during archery by carrying out an electromyography (EMG) experiment towards 12 muscles and six joints involving two types of subject (skilled and recreational). EMG is used to detect muscle signals during any particular activity. There were two types of data recorded which were maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) and archery activity. The skilled archer was found to produce 280 N of biceps brachii, 213.9 N of the deltoid, 123.4 N of trapezius forces compare to that of the recreational archer with 371.1 N, 164.9 N and 163.8 N, respectively for the draw arm during drawing phase. It is concluded that the recreational archer tends to a muscle fatigue phenomenon thus may contribute to possible serious injuries.

A Comparison Study on the Electrical Activity of Arm Abduction Muscles During Shoulder Abduction and Scaption Between Shooting Disciplines

“…Finally, according to Figure 4, supraspinatus muscle activity was significantly different between the archers and air pistol shooters at 90° abduction (P=0.007), but not at 60°abduction (P=0.055), 90° scaption (P=0. 19) and 60° scaption (P=0.14) states.…”

Upper Extremity Muscle Force for Traditional Archery using Khatrah Technique

“…Modern archery has been performed in the most international competition such as commonwealth and Olympic due to its accuracy, ease of use and portability [2,[11][12][13][14][15][16]. In order to enhance the performance of the archer, many research works have been carried out [1,3,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Physiological measures refer to the combination of physiological signals such as electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyography (EMG) and electroencephalogram (EEG) [26].…”