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JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
Volume 30, Issue 10, Pages 1015-1024Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.682084
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muscle damage; fatigue; magnetic stimulation; electromechanical delay; knee flexors
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This study examined the concurrent effects of exercise-induced muscle damage and superimposed acute fatigue on the neuromuscular activation performance of the knee flexors of nine males (age: 26.7 +/- 6.1 years; height 1.81 +/- 0.05 m; body mass 81.2 +/- 11.7 kg [mean +/- s]). Measures were obtained during three experimental conditions: (i) 'fatigue-muscle damage', involving acute fatiguing exercise performed on each assessment occasion plus a single episode of eccentric exercise performed on the first occasion and after the fatigue trial; (ii) 'fatigue', involving the fatiguing exercise only; and (iii) 'control' consisting of no exercise. Assessments were performed prior to (pre) and at 1 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, and 168 h relative to the muscle damaging eccentric exercise. Repeated-measures analyses of variance (ANOVAs) showed that muscle damage elicited reductions of up to 38%, 24% and 65% in volitional peak force, electromechanical delay and rate of force development compared to baseline and controls, respectively (F-[10,F- 80] = 2.3 to 4.6; P<0.05) with further impairments (6.2% to 30.7%) following acute fatigue (F-[2,F- 16] = 4.3 to 9.1; P<0.05). By contrast, magnetically-evoked electromechanical delay was not influenced by muscle damage and was improved during the superimposed acute fatigue (similar to 14%; F-[2,F- 16] = 3.9; P<0.05). The safeguarding of evoked muscle activation capability despite compromised volitional performance might reveal aspects of capabilities for emergency and protective responses during episodes of fatigue and antecedent muscle damaging exercise.
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