Exercise-induced muscle damage and potential mechanisms for the repeated bout effect

Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-170

  McHugh, Malachy P ^a,b   Connolly, Declan A J ^c   Eston, Roger G ^a   Gleim, Gilbert W ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RATS;

EID: 0032916143     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199927030-00002     Document Type: Review

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