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Muscle function after exercise-induced muscle damage and rapid adaptation.

P M Clarkson1, K Nosaka, B Braun

  • 1Department of Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003.

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
|May 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

Eccentric exercise causes muscle damage, with peak soreness and swelling occurring days later. Muscle function recovers over 10 days, while adaptations to repeated exercise vary over months.

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Area of Science:

  • Exercise physiology
  • Muscle damage and repair
  • Sports science

Background:

  • Maximal eccentric exercise causes muscle damage.
  • Understanding the time course of muscle damage markers is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To detail the time course of muscle function changes and damage markers after eccentric exercise.
  • To investigate relationships between different measures of muscle damage.
  • To examine the adaptation response to repeated eccentric exercise bouts.

Main Methods:

  • Review of data from 109 subjects.
  • Measurement of muscle function (strength, arm flexion).
  • Assessment of muscle soreness, swelling, blood creatine kinase (CK) levels, and spontaneous muscle shortening.

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Main Results:

  • Peak soreness at 2-3 days, peak swelling at 5 days post-exercise.
  • Maximal strength and arm flexion decrements recover linearly over 10 days.
  • Blood CK levels peak at 2 days, coinciding with maximal muscle shortening.
  • Repeated bouts of eccentric exercise show reduced responses over time, with varying durations of adaptation for different measures.

Conclusions:

  • Muscle damage and recovery follow distinct time courses.
  • Adaptation to eccentric exercise is progressive and measure-dependent.
  • Both cellular and neurological factors may contribute to exercise-induced muscle adaptation.