Effects of muscle fatigue on exercise-induced hamstring muscle damage: a three-armed randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Hamstring injuries in soccer reportedly increase towards the end of the matches' halves as well as with increased match frequency in combination with short rest periods, possibly due to acute or residual fatigue. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of acute and residual muscle fatigue on exercise-induced hamstring muscle damage.

Methods

A three-armed randomized-controlled trial, including 24 resistance-trained males, was performed allocating subjects to either a training group with acute muscle fatigue + eccentric exercise (AF/ECC); residual muscle fatigue + eccentric exercise (RF/ECC) or a control group with only eccentric exercise (ECC). Muscle stiffness, thickness, contractility, peak torque, range of motion, pain perception, and creatine kinase

SUBMITTER: Schwiete C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10616225 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature