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Low-volume muscle endurance training prevents decrease in muscle oxidative and endurance function during 21-day

T Homma¹, T Hamaoka, N Murase

¹Department of Sports Sciences, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. homma.toshiyuki@jiss.naash.go.jp

Acta Physiologica (Oxford, England)

|May 15, 2009

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Low-volume muscle endurance training prevented declines in forearm muscle oxidative capacity and endurance during 21-day immobilization. However, training did not prevent a decrease in maximal voluntary contraction (MVC).

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Area of Science:

Exercise Physiology
Muscle Physiology
Biomedical Engineering

Background:

Muscle immobilization leads to decreased oxidative capacity and endurance.
Forearm immobilization (IMM-21d) is a common model to study muscle deconditioning.
Understanding interventions to mitigate immobilization effects is crucial for rehabilitation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of low-volume muscle endurance training on forearm muscle function during 21-day immobilization.
To assess changes in muscle oxidative capacity, endurance, and strength post-immobilization with and without training.

Main Methods:

Fifteen participants underwent 21-day forearm immobilization, divided into immobilization-only and immobilization with training groups.
Training involved twice-weekly dynamic handgrip exercises at 30% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) until exhaustion.
Muscle oxidative capacity was assessed using phosphocreatine recovery time constants (tau(off)PCr) via magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Main Results:

Muscle oxidative capacity, measured by tau(off)PCr, significantly worsened in the immobilization-only group but remained unchanged in the trained group.
Muscle endurance decreased significantly in the immobilization-only group, while the trained group showed no change.
Maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) strength decreased similarly in both groups, indicating no protective effect of training on maximal strength.

Conclusions:

Low-volume, short-duration muscle endurance training (twice weekly, ~50s sessions) effectively preserves muscle oxidative capacity and endurance during immobilization.
Training did not prevent the decline in maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) strength during 21-day immobilization.
These findings suggest targeted endurance training can mitigate specific deconditioning effects of immobilization.