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Associations Between Muscle Soreness, Damage, and Fatigue

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Fatigue

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 384))

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Eccentric exercise results in muscle soreness, structural damage, prolonged losses in strength and range of motion, and neuromuscular dysfunction. Greater and longer lasting fatigue occurs after eccentric compared with concentric and isometric exercise. Higher forces are achieved during eccentric contractions with less ATP usage and greater increases in temperature. Although mechanisms involved in the damage and repair process are not well understood, active strain during eccentric contractions is suggested to cause the initial damage which increases over 2–3 days, followed by regeneration.

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  1. Department of Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, USA

    P. M. Clarkson & D. J. Newham

  2. Physiotherapy Group, Biomedical Sciences Division, King’s College, London, England, SE5 9RS

    P. M. Clarkson & D. J. Newham

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  1. Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Simon C. Gandevia

  2. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Roger M. Enoka

  3. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Alan J. McComas

  4. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Douglas G. Stuart  & Patricia A. Pierce  & 

  5. University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

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Clarkson, P.M., Newham, D.J. (1995). Associations Between Muscle Soreness, Damage, and Fatigue. In: Gandevia, S.C., Enoka, R.M., McComas, A.J., Stuart, D.G., Thomas, C.K., Pierce, P.A. (eds) Fatigue. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 384. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1016-5_35

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