Quadriceps low‐frequency fatigue and muscle pain are contraction‐type‐dependent |
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Authors: | Masaki Iguchi PhD Richard K. Shields PhD |
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Affiliation: | Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 1‐252 Medical Education Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242‐1190, USA |
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Abstract: | Eccentric contractions are thought to induce greater low‐frequency fatigue (LFF) and delayed‐onset muscle soreness (DOMS) than concentric contractions. In this study we induced a similar amount of eccentric quadriceps muscle fatigue during either a concentric or eccentric fatigue task to compare LFF and DOMS. Subjects (n = 22) performed concentric or eccentric fatigue tasks using 75% of the pre‐fatigue maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) torque, and both tasks ended when the MVC eccentric torque decreased by 25% pre‐fatigue. When subjects reached the failure criterion during the eccentric and concentric tasks, the concentric MVC was 78 ± 9.8% and 64 ± 8.4% of initial, respectively. LFF was greater after the concentric than the eccentric protocols (22 ± 12.4% and 15 ± 7.6% increase, respectively; P < 0.01). DOMS was over 100% greater for the eccentric protocol. These results indicate that DOMS is not dependent on the events that contribute to LFF. Muscle Nerve, 2010 |
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Keywords: | concentric delayed‐onset muscle soreness eccentric excitation– contraction coupling low frequency fatigue muscle damage muscle fatigue |
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