The Effects of Eccentric Exercise on Muscle Function and Proprioception of Individuals Being Overweight and Underweight

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 2542-2551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassilis Paschalis ◽  
Michalis G. Nikolaidis ◽  
Anastasios A. Theodorou ◽  
Chariklia K. Deli ◽  
Vagner Raso ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.C. Bryer ◽  
A.H. Goldfarb

This study investigated if vitamin C supplementation before and after eccentric exercise could reduce muscle soreness (MS), oxidative stress, and muscle function. Eighteen healthy men randomly assigned to either a placebo (P) or vitamin C (VC) (3 g/d) treatment group took pills for 2 wk prior and 4 d after performing 70 eccentric elbow extensions with their non-dominant arm. MS increased in both groups with significantly reduced MS for the first 24 h with VC. Range of motion was reduced equally in both groups after the exercise (P ≥ 0.05). Muscle force declined equally and was unaffected by treatment. VC attenuated the creatine kinase (CK) increase at 48 h after exercise with similar CK after this time. Gluta-thione ratio (oxidized glutathione/total glutathione) was significantly increased at 4 and 24 h with P but VC prevented this change. These data suggest that vitamin C pretreatment can reduce MS, delay CK increase, and prevent blood glutathione oxidation with little influence on muscle function loss.


Author(s):  
STEPHEN P. SAYERS ◽  
CHRISTOPHER A. KNIGHT ◽  
PRISCILLA M. CLARKSON ◽  
ERWIN H. VAN WEGEN ◽  
GARY KAMEN

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey K. Lepley ◽  
Timothy A. Butterfield

Eccentric exercise is able to mechanically engage muscle, initiating strain-sensing molecules that promote muscle recovery by inducing beneficial adaptations in neural activity and muscle morphology, 2 critical components of muscle function that are negatively altered after injury. However, due to misinterpreted mathematic modeling and in situ and in vitro stretch protocols, a dogma that exposing muscle to eccentric exercise is associated with injury has been perpetuated in the literature. In response, clinicians have been biased toward using concentric exercise postinjury to improve the recovery of muscle function. Unfortunately, this conventional approach to rehabilitation does not restore muscle function, and reinjury rates remain high. Here, the authors present experimental evidence and theoretical support for the idea that isolated eccentric exercise is ideally suited to combat muscle inhibition and muscle strains and is an attractive alternative to concentric exercise.


2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet R. Wojcik ◽  
Janet Walberg-Rankin ◽  
Lucille L. Smith ◽  
F.C. Gwazdauskas

This study examined effects of carbohydrate (CHO), milk-based carbohydrate-protein (CHO-PRO), or placebo (P) beverages on glycogen resynthesis, muscle damage, inflammation, and muscle function following eccentric resistance exercise. Untrained males performed a cycling exercise to reduce muscle glycogen 12 hours prior to performance of 100 eccentric quadriceps contractions at 120% of 1-RM (day 1) and drank CHO (n = 8), CHO-PRO (n = 9; 5 kcal/kg), or P (n = 9) immediately and 2 hours post-exercise. At 3 hours post-eccentric exercise, serum insulin was four times higher for CHO-PRO and CHO than P (p < .05). Serum creatine kinase (CK) increased for all groups in the 6 hours post-eccentric exercise (p < .01), with the increase tending to be lowest for CHO-PRO (p < .08) during this period. Glycogen was low post-exercise (33 ± 3.7 mmol/kg ww), increased 225% at 24 hours, and tripled by 72 hours, with no group differences. The eccentric exercise increased muscle protein breakdown as indicated by urinary 3-methylhistidine and increased IL-6 with no effect of beverage. Quadriceps isokinetic peak torque was depressed similarly for all groups by 24% 24 hours post-exercise and remained 21 % lower at 72 hours (p < .01). In summary, there were no influences of any post-exercise beverage on muscle glycogen replacement, inflammation, or muscle function.


1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscilla M. Clarkson ◽  
Stephen P. Sayers

Muscle damage is caused by strenuous and unaccustomed exercise, especially exercise involving eccentric muscle contractions, where muscles lengthen as they exert force. Damage can be observed both directly at the cellular level and indirectly from changes in various indices of muscle function. Several mechanisms have been offered to explain the etiology of the damage/repair process, including mechanical factors such as tension and strain, disturbances in calcium homeostasis. the inflammatory response, and the synthesis of stress proteins (heat shock proteins). Changes in muscle function following eccentric exercise have been observed at the cellular level as an impairment in the amount and action of transport proteins for glucose and lactate/H+, and at the systems level as an increase in muscle stiffness and a prolonged loss in the muscle's ability to generate force. This paper will briefly review factors involved in the damage/repair process and alterations in muscle function following eccentric exercise. Key words: eccentric exercise, inflammation, stress proteins, muscle function


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nosratollah Hedayatpour ◽  
Deborah Falla

Eccentric exercise is characterized by initial unfavorable effects such as subcellular muscle damage, pain, reduced fiber excitability, and initial muscle weakness. However, stretch combined with overload, as in eccentric contractions, is an effective stimulus for inducing physiological and neural adaptations to training. Eccentric exercise-induced adaptations include muscle hypertrophy, increased cortical activity, and changes in motor unit behavior, all of which contribute to improved muscle function. In this brief review, neuromuscular adaptations to different forms of exercise are reviewed, the positive training effects of eccentric exercise are presented, and the implications for training are considered.


2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. S22
Author(s):  
S P. Sayers ◽  
B T. Peters ◽  
C A. Knight ◽  
M Urso ◽  
J Parkington ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-335
Author(s):  
Choun-sub Kim ◽  
Maeng-kyu Kim

PURPOSE: This study aimed to examine the effects of eccentric exercise (ECC) on the indices of mechanical properties together with markers of exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) in different sites of the biceps brachii (BB) muscle.METHODS: ECC using an elbow joint was performed in 13 non-trained, college men. Global symptoms of EIMD were identified through changes in muscle soreness and serum creatine kinase (CK) activity, including muscle function following ECC. To evaluate regional EIMD, muscle swelling and tenderness as well as muscular echo intensity were measured at distal (4 cm above the elbow joint) and middle (30% of the distance from the antecubital crease to the acromion) sites within the BB muscle. A handheld myotonometer was used to estimate changes in mechanical properties, that is, oscillation frequency (F), dynamic stiffness (S), and relaxation time (R), of BB muscles after ECC.RESULTS: A significant difference in the major markers of EIMD, such as muscle soreness and serum CK activity, along with parameters of muscle function, was observed after ECC compared to baseline. Although all indirect markers of regional muscle damage demonstrated meaningful differences between before and after ECC, no statistically significant interaction between the distal and middle sites was observed in any of the markers. After ECC, both distal and middle sites showed significant changes in F, S, and R, but no statistical differences in changes in muscle mechanical properties were observed between localized muscle sites within BB muscles.CONCLUSIONS: Changes in mechanical properties, including regional muscle damage, seem to be uniformly influenced by different anatomical locations within the BB muscle, such as elbow flexors, following ECC.


Author(s):  
ANDREW B. LEGER ◽  
THEODORE E. MILNER

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