ReviewJournal of obesity & metabolic syndrome2021
Does Obesity Affect the Severity of Exercise-Induced Muscle Injury?
Review in Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effects of blood flow restriction training on cardiometabolic health and body composition in adults with overweight and obesity: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of traditional Chinese exercise for obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of blood flow restriction training on anthropometric and blood lipids in overweight/obese adults: Meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Standard Tai Chi on Exercise Capacity and Mental Health in Exercise-Deprived Overweight/Obese Adults and Assessment of Participant Adherence.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2024Trial
- Amino Acid-Stimulated Muscle Protein Synthesis is Attenuated During Early Recovery from Aerobic Exercise in Individuals with Obesity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Diurnal variation in physical activity and musculoskeletal injury risk across sex and habitual exercise timing among physically active students.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness with brain white matter microstructural integrity and white matter hyperintensity volume across the adult lifespan.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Reduction of Muscle Damage Indices by ConsumingHealth science reports · 2025Article
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- Medical weight loss in older persons with obesity.Clinical obesity · 2024Review
- The characterization of metabolic changes in adipose tissues and muscles due to different exercise intensities by Dixon in healthy young men.European journal of radiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
This literature review investigates the effects of obesity on exercise-induced muscle injury and reexamines the potential mechanisms of exercise-induced muscle injury related to obesity. Several studies reported that high body mass index and percent body fat can significantly affect the markers of muscle injury after exercise, including maximal strength, delayed onset muscle soreness, creatinine kinase level, and myoglobin level. The potential mechanisms resulting in these outcomes include structural changes in the cell membrane induced by high fat levels, increased inflammatory responses due to adipose tissues, reduced muscle satellite cell activation and myogenesis due to lipid overload, differences in muscle fiber distributions, and sedentary behaviors. These mechanisms, however, must be verified through more research. As obesity is a potential risk factor increasing the severity of exercise-induced muscle injuries, the exercise intensity and duration for obese patients must be carefully selected, and a preconditioning intervention (e.g., low-intensity eccentric training) may be considered before or during the early stages of the exercise program.
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