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En raison de leur implication potentielle dans la performance et la blessure, la compréhension des coordinations musculaires des ischio-jambiers représente aujourd’hui un enjeu en sciences du mouvement. Cependant, les méthodes actuelles basées sur la mesure de l’activation musculaire ou la modélisation musculo-squelettique ne permettent pas d’identifier les facteurs influençant les coordinations pour chaque individu. Explorer ces facteurs permettrait de mieux comprendre comment le système nerveux central explore et exploite l’ensemble des coordinations musculaires possibles afin d’adopter une solution permettant de réaliser la tâche demandée. Ce manuscrit a pour objectif de décrire les coordinations musculaires des ischio-jambiers à partir de données acquises in vivo. La partie expérimentale de ce travail s’articule autour de trois études qui ont exploré le couplage entre l’activation musculaire et les propriétés mécaniques des muscles. Ces travaux ont visé à comprendre les facteurs déterminants les coordinations de chaque individu, l’effet des coordinations musculaires de chaque individu sur leur performance et leur adaptation après une blessure musculaire.Les résultats de nos études montrent que les coordinations musculaires des ischio-jambiers varient substantiellement parmi les personnes actives et les athlètes de haut niveau. Nous avons montré que ces coordinations ne sont pas déterminées par les propriétés mécaniques de chaque muscle, i.e. le déséquilibre d’activation entre les ischio-jambiers n’est pas lié au déséquilibre de capacité de production de force. Ces coordinations apparaissent également plus ou moins avantageuses pour être performant dans une tâche d’endurance réalisée jusqu’à épuisement. Enfin, après la survenue d’une blessure, les coordinations musculaires diffèrent entre les jambes blessée et non blessée. Plus précisément, la contribution du muscle blessé au couple de force total est plus faible en comparaison du même muscle de la jambe opposée. Ces différences pourraient avoir des conséquences négatives à court-terme (pour la performance) et à long terme, pouvant hypothétiquement aller jusqu’à la récidive de la blessure. / The understanding of hamstrings coordination is a trending topic in human movement science because of their potential involvement in both performance and injury. However, current experimental methods based on muscle activation recording or musculoskeletal modeling do not enable the identification of the factors that influencing muscle coordination for each individual. Addressing this issue is fundamental to understand how the central nervous system explores and exploits a set of many feasible coordination to adopt a good enough solution that enables producing a given motor task. This manuscript aims at describing hamstring coordination with in vivo data. The experimental part of this work is based on three studies that explored the coupling between muscle activation and the hamstrings mechanical properties. Also, this work aims at understanding the factors that influence muscle coordination of each individual, the effect of muscle coordination on their performance and their adaptation after a muscle injury.Our results show that hamstrings coordination varies substantially among active and elite athletes. We have shown that hamstrings coordination was not determined by the mechanical properties of each muscle, i.e. the imbalance of activation between hamstrings is not related to the imbalance of force production capacity. In addition, hamstrings coordination appears more or less advantageous in order to perform during a time to exhaustion task. Finally, muscle coordination differs between injured and uninjured legs, even after the completion of rehabilitation. Specifically, the injured muscle contributes in a lower extent to hamstring total torque in comparison with the same muscle of the opposite leg. These differences could have negative consequences in the short term (for performance) and in the long term, which could hypothetically increase the risk of reinjury.

No presente estudo foi analisada a distribuição de tensões, na região anterior de modelo fotoelástico, gerada por arcos de intrusão de incisivos inferiores. Compararam-se as tensões entre diferentes arcos. E ainda, em cada tipo de arco, compararam-se as tensões entre terços radiculares e entre incisivos. O modelo fotoelástico foi construído simulando a extrusão dos incisivos. Foram confeccionados sessenta arcos de intrusão, sendo quinze de cada tipo de mecânica: arco contínuo de Burstone, arco utilitário de Ricketts, arco com dobra de ancoragem usado na mecânica de Begg e arco com curva de Spee reversa usado na mecânica de Tweed. A força de ativação foi mensurada em 50gf na região da linha média. O modelo fotoelástico foi observado em polariscópio circular, na configuração de campo escuro, e fotografado. As fotografias frontais foram analisadas, e as ordens de franjas em cada região registradas. A repetibilidade do método foi identificada pela análise de kappa. A comparação entre as tensões foi realizada pelo teste de Kruskall-Wallis complementado com teste de Dunn. Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que na região apical, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram geradas pelo arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguido pelo arco contínuo de Burstone. Na região média, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram geradas pelo arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguida por arco contínuo de Burstone, arco com dobra de ancoragem e arco com curva de Spee reversa. Na região cervical, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram decorrentes do arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguido por arco com curva de Spee reversa e arco com dobra de ancoragem. Os arcos contínuos de Burstone apresentaram as menores tensões na região cervical. Ao se comparar as ordens de franjas entre os terços radiculares, de cada dente, em todos os arcos analisados, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nas regiões cervicais. Ao se comparar as ordens de franjas entre os dentes, em cada terço radicular, no arco contínuo de Burstone, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nos incisivos laterais. Entretanto, no arco utilitário de Ricketts e no arco com dobra de ancoragem, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nos incisivos centrais. No arco com curva de Spee reversa, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram identificadas nos incisivos esquerdos. Portanto, os resultados do presente estudo permitiram a visualização e compreensão dos efeitos dos diversos arcos de intrusão. Entretanto, estes resultados devem ser observados com cautela, requerendo mais pesquisas que confirmem a reprodutibilidade do método e dos resultados. / In the present study, the distribution of stresses caused by intrusion arches on lower incisors, in the anterior region of photoelastic model, was analyzed. The stresses were compared among the different arches. Additionally, stresses were also compared among the root thirds, as well as among the incisors for each arch type. The photoelastic model was constructed simulating the extrusion of incisors. Sixty intrusion arches were made up, corresponding to fifteen of each type: Burstone continuous arches, Ricketts utility arches, anchorage bend arches used in Begg mechanics and reverse Spee curved arches used in Tweed mechanics. Activation force was measured at 50gf in the midline. The photoelastic model was observed under circular polariscope, in dark-field configuration, and photographed. Frontal photographs were analyzed, and fringe order in each region was recorded. Method repeatability was identified by kappa analysis. A comparison among stresses was carried out using Kruskall-Wallis test and complemented by the Dunn test. Results obtained led to the conclusion that in the apical region, the major stress magnitudes were generated by the Ricketts utility arch, followed by the Burstone continuous arch. In mid-region, the major stress magnitudes were generated by Ricketts utility arch, followed by the Burstone continuous arch, anchorage bend arch, and arch wire with a reverse curve of Spee. In the cervical region, the major stress magnitudes stemmed from Ricketts utility arch, followed by arch with reverse curve of Spee and the anchorage bend arch. The Burstone continuous arches presented the least stresses in the cervical region. On comparing fringe orders among root thirds, of each tooth, in all arches analyzed, major magnitudes of stresses were observed in the cervical regions. On comparing fringe orders among teeth, in each root third, the major magnitudes of stresses were observed in lateral incisors in Burstone continuous arches. However, in both Ricketts utility arches and anchorage bend arches the major stresses magnitudes were observed in central incisors. In arch with a reverse curve of Spee the major magnitudes of stresses were identified in left incisors. Consequently the results in the present study allowed a visualization and understanding of the effects of the diverse intrusion arches. However, such results should be observed with caution, requiring further study to confirm method reproducibility as well as results.

No presente estudo foi analisada a distribuição de tensões, na região anterior de modelo fotoelástico, gerada por arcos de intrusão de incisivos inferiores. Compararam-se as tensões entre diferentes arcos. E ainda, em cada tipo de arco, compararam-se as tensões entre terços radiculares e entre incisivos. O modelo fotoelástico foi construído simulando a extrusão dos incisivos. Foram confeccionados sessenta arcos de intrusão, sendo quinze de cada tipo de mecânica: arco contínuo de Burstone, arco utilitário de Ricketts, arco com dobra de ancoragem usado na mecânica de Begg e arco com curva de Spee reversa usado na mecânica de Tweed. A força de ativação foi mensurada em 50gf na região da linha média. O modelo fotoelástico foi observado em polariscópio circular, na configuração de campo escuro, e fotografado. As fotografias frontais foram analisadas, e as ordens de franjas em cada região registradas. A repetibilidade do método foi identificada pela análise de kappa. A comparação entre as tensões foi realizada pelo teste de Kruskall-Wallis complementado com teste de Dunn. Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que na região apical, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram geradas pelo arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguido pelo arco contínuo de Burstone. Na região média, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram geradas pelo arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguida por arco contínuo de Burstone, arco com dobra de ancoragem e arco com curva de Spee reversa. Na região cervical, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram decorrentes do arco utilitário de Ricketts, seguido por arco com curva de Spee reversa e arco com dobra de ancoragem. Os arcos contínuos de Burstone apresentaram as menores tensões na região cervical. Ao se comparar as ordens de franjas entre os terços radiculares, de cada dente, em todos os arcos analisados, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nas regiões cervicais. Ao se comparar as ordens de franjas entre os dentes, em cada terço radicular, no arco contínuo de Burstone, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nos incisivos laterais. Entretanto, no arco utilitário de Ricketts e no arco com dobra de ancoragem, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram observadas nos incisivos centrais. No arco com curva de Spee reversa, as maiores magnitudes de tensões foram identificadas nos incisivos esquerdos. Portanto, os resultados do presente estudo permitiram a visualização e compreensão dos efeitos dos diversos arcos de intrusão. Entretanto, estes resultados devem ser observados com cautela, requerendo mais pesquisas que confirmem a reprodutibilidade do método e dos resultados. / In the present study, the distribution of stresses caused by intrusion arches on lower incisors, in the anterior region of photoelastic model, was analyzed. The stresses were compared among the different arches. Additionally, stresses were also compared among the root thirds, as well as among the incisors for each arch type. The photoelastic model was constructed simulating the extrusion of incisors. Sixty intrusion arches were made up, corresponding to fifteen of each type: Burstone continuous arches, Ricketts utility arches, anchorage bend arches used in Begg mechanics and reverse Spee curved arches used in Tweed mechanics. Activation force was measured at 50gf in the midline. The photoelastic model was observed under circular polariscope, in dark-field configuration, and photographed. Frontal photographs were analyzed, and fringe order in each region was recorded. Method repeatability was identified by kappa analysis. A comparison among stresses was carried out using Kruskall-Wallis test and complemented by the Dunn test. Results obtained led to the conclusion that in the apical region, the major stress magnitudes were generated by the Ricketts utility arch, followed by the Burstone continuous arch. In mid-region, the major stress magnitudes were generated by Ricketts utility arch, followed by the Burstone continuous arch, anchorage bend arch, and arch wire with a reverse curve of Spee. In the cervical region, the major stress magnitudes stemmed from Ricketts utility arch, followed by arch with reverse curve of Spee and the anchorage bend arch. The Burstone continuous arches presented the least stresses in the cervical region. On comparing fringe orders among root thirds, of each tooth, in all arches analyzed, major magnitudes of stresses were observed in the cervical regions. On comparing fringe orders among teeth, in each root third, the major magnitudes of stresses were observed in lateral incisors in Burstone continuous arches. However, in both Ricketts utility arches and anchorage bend arches the major stresses magnitudes were observed in central incisors. In arch with a reverse curve of Spee the major magnitudes of stresses were identified in left incisors. Consequently the results in the present study allowed a visualization and understanding of the effects of the diverse intrusion arches. However, such results should be observed with caution, requiring further study to confirm method reproducibility as well as results.