Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1A, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.
Department of Internal Diseases, Oncology, with Department of Gastroenterology, Cardiology, and Angiology, Hospital MSWiA in Katowice, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 12;19(14):8490. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148490.
In the presented research, we characterised the temperature profiles and the degree of preparation for exercise of individual muscle groups of athletes We hypothesise that by means of thermal imaging studies, the effectiveness of the warm-up can be monitored to determine whether the effort of individual muscles is equal and symmetrical, which can help to avoid a potential injury. In the study, thermographic imaging was performed on a group of athletes exercising on a rowing ergometer involving almost 80% of the muscle parts of the human body for intense and symmetrical exercise. Thermovision studies have confirmed, based on the increased temperature of the muscle areas, that the rowing ergometer involves many muscle groups in training. Moreover, based on the shape of the temperature function obtained from individual body regions of interest, it was shown that conventional exercise on a rowing ergometer causes almost symmetrical work of the right and left sides of the body. Obtained temperature changes in most of the studied muscle areas showed minimum temperature reached the beginning of training-mostly phases 1 and 2. During the subsequent phases, the temperature increase was monitored, stopping at resting temperature. Significantly, temperature variations did not exceed 0.5 °C in all post-training phases. Statistical analyses did not show any significant differences in the symmetry of right and left muscle areas corresponding to the muscle location temperature. Thermal imaging may be an innovative wholly non-invasive and safe method, because checking induces adaptation processes, which may become indicators of an athlete's efficiency. The imaging can be continuously repeated, and automatic comparison of average temperature or temperature difference may provide some clues that protect athletes from overtraining or serious injuries.
在本研究中，我们描述了运动员个体肌肉群的温度分布和运动准备程度。我们假设，通过热成像研究，可以监测热身的效果，以确定个体肌肉的努力是否均等和对称，这有助于避免潜在的伤害。在这项研究中，对一组在划船测功仪上进行运动的运动员进行了热成像，涉及到人体近 80%的肌肉部位，以进行剧烈和对称的运动。热视觉研究基于肌肉区域温度的升高，证实了划船测功仪涉及到许多肌肉群的训练。此外，基于从感兴趣的个体身体区域获得的温度函数的形状，表明传统的划船测功仪运动导致身体左右两侧几乎对称地工作。在大多数研究的肌肉区域中，获得的温度变化显示出最小温度出现在训练的开始阶段-主要是第 1 阶段和第 2 阶段。在随后的阶段中，监测了温度的升高，直到恢复到静止温度。重要的是，在所有训练后的阶段中，温度变化都没有超过 0.5°C。统计分析显示，对应于肌肉位置温度的左右肌肉区域的对称性没有显著差异。热成像可能是一种创新的、完全非侵入性和安全的方法，因为检查会引起适应过程，这可能成为运动员效率的指标。该成像可以不断重复，并且对平均温度或温差的自动比较可能会提供一些线索，以保护运动员免受过度训练或严重伤害。
