ArticleOrthopedic reviews2016
Evaluation of Muscle Damage Marker after Mixed Martial Arts Matches.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cold Compression and Ischemic Preconditioning With Ice Therapy Enhance Muscle Recovery and Functionality Post-Exercise: A Randomized Study.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Injuries in Mixed Martial Arts After Adoption of the Unified Rules of MMA: A Systematic Review.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Review
- Overlaps of Skeletal Muscle Fatigue and Skeletal Muscle Damage: The Muscle Injury Continuum.Sports medicine - open · 2025Review
- Blood-Based Biomarkers for Managing Workload in Athletes: Considerations and Recommendations for Evidence-Based Use of Established Biomarkers.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Review
- Exploratory Systematic Review of Mixed Martial Arts: An Overview of Performance of Importance Factors with over 20,000 Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Different Training Methods Cause Similar Muscle Damage in Youth Judo Athletes.Journal of human kinetics · 2021Article
- Time-Course of Changes in Physiological, Psychological, and Performance Markers following a Functional-Fitness Competition.International journal of exercise science · 2019Article
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to identify predictors of serum muscle damage marker (MDM) response following mixed martial arts (MMA) matches. Creatine kinase activity (CK) and myoglobin concentration (Mb) were measured in ten male elite MMA fighters (aged 28±5.7 years) prior to, 2 h, 24 h, and 96 h following 9 different MMA matches. The number of performed upright punches and kicks (UKF) that failed the opponent, the number of obtained hits to the upper and lower body (LBH), as well as the total fight duration (TFD) were evaluated as potential predictors from video recordings. CK peaked 24 h (829±753 U/L(-1)) and Mb peaked 2 h (210±122 µg/L(-1)) post matches. Almost 80% of the peak CK variance could be explained by LBH and UKF, whereas 87% of the Mb variation was explained by TFD and LBH. MMA result in a significant skeletal muscle damage, which largely depends on LBH. Furthermore, eccentric contractions to decelerate kicks that missed the opponent and the TFD seem to contribute to the MDM response.
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