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MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
卷 52, 期 4, 页码 944-954出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002200
关键词
ATROPHY; IMMOBILIZATION; MRI; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRENGTH
资金
- Royal Society
- Exeter University
- Maastricht University
- NIHR [CRF/2016/10027]
Purpose Musculoskeletal injuries necessitate periods of disuse (i.e., limb immobilization) during which rapid skeletal muscle atrophy occurs. The relative susceptibility of different muscles of the thigh to disuse atrophy remains uninvestigated. We assessed muscle disuse atrophy of individual thigh muscles throughout 1 wk of unilateral knee immobilization. Methods Thirteen healthy, young (20.2 +/- 0.6 yr) men underwent 7 d of unilateral leg immobilization via knee bracing. Magnetic resonance imaging scans were performed bilaterally prior to, and following 2 and 7 d of immobilization to determine the volume and anatomical cross-sectional area of the individual muscle groups of the upper legs. Results In contrast to the control leg, total thigh muscle volume had decreased by 1.7% +/- 0.3% (P < 0.01) and 5.5% +/- 0.6% (P < 0.001) in the immobilized leg after 2 and 7 d of disuse, respectively. Muscle loss was significantly greater in the Musculus quadriceps (day 2; 1.7% +/- 0.3% (P < 0.05) and day 7; 6.7% +/- 0.6%) when compared with the Musculus hamstrings (day 2; 1.4% +/- 0.2% (P < 0.01) and day 7; 3.5% +/- 0.3%) after 7 d of disuse (P < 0.001). Individual muscles of the thigh exhibited different atrophy rates with the Musculus vastus lateralis anatomical cross-sectional area showing the greater (2.6% +/- 0.4% and 7.2% +/- 0.8%), and the Musculus gracilis the lesser (1.1% +/- 0.7% and 2.3% +/- 1.0%) decline following 2 and 7 d of immobilization, respectively (P < 0.01). Conclusions Thigh muscle disuse atrophy occurs rapidly and is already evident within 2 d of leg immobilization and progresses at a similar rate over the next 5 d (similar to 0.8% muscle loss per day). M. quadriceps muscle shows more atrophy when compared with the M. hamstrings.
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