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Delayed onset muscle soreness and training.

W C Byrnes, P M Clarkson

    Clinics in Sports Medicine
    |July 1, 1986
    PubMed
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    Muscle soreness perception involves nerve endings responding to exercise-induced damage. A prior exercise bout can reduce subsequent muscle soreness and damage, indicating a lasting training effect.

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    Area of Science:

    • Exercise Physiology
    • Muscle Biology
    • Pain Perception

    Background:

    • Muscle soreness arises from free nerve endings activated by exercise-induced muscle damage.
    • Multilevel modulation of pain signals contributes to significant inter-individual differences in soreness perception.
    • Eccentric exercise is a primary cause of muscle damage and subsequent soreness.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the mechanisms underlying muscle soreness perception.
    • To explore the influence of exercise type on muscle soreness and damage.
    • To examine the long-term protective effects of a single exercise bout on subsequent bouts.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of free nerve ending activation and noxious stimuli reception.
    • Comparison of muscle soreness and damage following eccentric and isometric exercise.

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  • Assessment of muscle soreness and damage in response to repeated exercise bouts with a 6-week interval.

    • Main Results:

    • Eccentric exercise induces significant muscle cellular damage and performance decrements.
    • Even trained individuals experience soreness after novel exercise, highlighting training specificity.
    • A single exercise bout conferred a prophylactic effect, reducing soreness and muscle damage in a subsequent bout 6 weeks later.

    Conclusions:

    • Muscle soreness perception is linked to peripheral and central pain modulation mechanisms.
    • Eccentric exercise poses a higher risk for muscle damage and soreness compared to other types.
    • A long-lasting "training effect" can protect against muscle soreness and damage for extended periods, warranting further investigation.