ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2013
Low-intensity eccentric contractions attenuate muscle damage induced by subsequent maximal eccentric exercise of the knee extensors in the elderly.
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- Effects of kinesiology taping timing on recovery in the lower limbs.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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- Recovery from Resistance Exercise in Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Pedal cadence does not affect muscle damage to eccentric cycling performed at similar mechanical work.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Applications of Eccentric Exercise to Improve Muscle and Mobility Function in Older Adults.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2022Article
- Exercise induced changes in echo intensity within the muscle: a brief review.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Review
- Comparison between high- and low-intensity eccentric cycling of equal mechanical work for muscle damage and the repeated bout effect.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Fast-Velocity Eccentric Cycling Exercise Causes Greater Muscle Damage Than Slow Eccentric Cycling.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Damage protective effects conferred by low-intensity eccentric contractions on arm, leg and trunk muscles.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
- Photobiomodulation Therapy Does Not Attenuate Fatigue and Muscle Damage in Judo Athletes: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Eccentric Muscle Contractions: Risks and Benefits.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
- Effects of preconditioning hamstring resistance exercises on repeated sprinting-induced muscle damage in female soccer players.Biology of sport · 2018Article
- Superior Effects of Eccentric to Concentric Knee Extensor Resistance Training on Physical Fitness, Insulin Sensitivity and Lipid Profiles of Elderly Men.Frontiers in physiology · 2017Article
- Prevention of downhill walking-induced muscle damage by non-damaging downhill walking.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
This study investigated whether low-intensity eccentric contractions of the knee extensors would attenuate the magnitude of muscle damage induced by maximal eccentric exercise of the same muscle performed 7 days later using elderly individuals. Healthy older men (66.4 ± 4.6 years) were assigned to control or experimental (Exp) group (n = 13 per group). The control group performed six sets of ten maximal eccentric contractions (MaxECC) of the knee extensors of non-dominant leg. The Exp group performed six sets of ten low-intensity eccentric contractions of the knee extensors on a leg extension machine by lowering a weight of 10 % maximal voluntary isometric knee extension strength (10 %ECC) 7 days prior to MaxECC. Changes in maximal voluntary isokinetic concentric torque (MVC-CON), angle at peak torque, range of motion (ROM), upper thigh circumference, muscle soreness, plasma creatine kinase activity and myoglobin (Mb) concentration and B-mode ultrasound echo-intensity before and for 5 days after MaxECC were compared between groups by a mixed factor ANOVA. No significant changes in any variables were observed following 10 %ECC. Following MaxECC, all variables changed significantly, and changes in all variables except for angle at peak torque were significantly different between groups. MVC-CON and ROM decreased smaller and recovered faster (P < 0.05) for Exp than control group, and changes in other variables were smaller (P < 0.05) for Exp group compared with control group. These results suggest that preconditioning knee extensor muscles with low-intensity eccentric contractions was effective for attenuating muscle damage induced by subsequent MaxECC of the knee extensors for elderly individuals.
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