Muscle Fatigue Experiment

In this study, the amount of time it took for muscles to become fatigue was investigated. Muscle fatigue is the temporary decline in a muscle’s ability to generate force. It is usually caused by rigorous exercise. Students were instructed to squeeze a tennis ball as fast as they could for 4 periods of time. A period consisted of 30 seconds. Students were allowed to rest for a short amount of time between each period, but as each passed, the rest amount got shorter. The stopwatch on a cell phone was used to time them. There is really no such thing as a “dominant” hand so students did the experiment with both their left and right. (need results and hypothesis)