Effect of increased excursion of the ankle on the severity of acute eccentric contraction-induced strain injury in the gastrocnemius: An in vivo rat study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1263-1269

  Song, Hongsun ^a   Nakazato, Koichi ^a   Nakajima, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deficit; Eccentric; Force; Gastrocnemius; Muscle; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRAIN INJURY; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 3242748979     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503262199     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Armstrong RB, Ogilvie RW, Schwane JA. Eccentric exercise-induced injury to rat skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol. 1983;54:80-93.
2. Best TM, McCabe RP, Corr D, et al. Evaluation of a new method to create a standardized muscle stretch injury. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1998;30:200-205.
3. Bianchi S, Martinoli C, Abdelwahab IF, et al. Sonographic evaluation of tears of the gastrocnemius medial head ("tennis leg"). J Ultrasound Med. 1998;17:157-162.
4. Brooks SV, Zerba E, Faulkner JA. Injury to muscle fibres after single stretches of passive and maximally stimulated muscles in mice. J Physiol. 1995;488:459-469.
5. Cottrell WC, Pearsall AW IV, Hollis MJ. Simultaneous tears of the Achilles tendon and medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle. Orthopedics. 2002;25:685-687.
6. Delgado GJ, Chung CB, Lektrakul N, et al. Tennis leg: clinical US study of 141 patients and anatomic investigation of four cadavers with MR imaging and US. Radiology. 2002;224:112-119.
7. Friden J, Sjostrom M, Ekblom B. Myofibrillar damage following intense eccentric exercise in man. Int J Sports Med. 1983;4:170-176.
8. Garrett WE Jr. Injuries to the muscle-tendon unit. Instr Course Lect. 1988;37:275-282.
9. Gordon AM, Huxley AF, Julian FJ. Tension development in highly stretched vertebrate muscle fibres. J Physiol. 1966;184:143-169.
10. Hasselman CT, Best TM, Seaber AV, et al. A threshold and continuum of injury during active stretch of rabbit skeletal muscle. Am J Sports Med. 1995;23:65-73.
11. Hesselink MK, Kuipers H, Geurten P, et al. Structural muscle damage and muscle strength after incremental number of isometric and forced lengthening contractions. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 1996;17:335-341.
12. Hunter KD, Faulkner JA. Pliometric contraction-induced injury of mouse skeletal muscle: effect of initial length. J Appl Physiol. 1997;82:278-283.
13. Huxley AF, Peachey LD. The maximum length for contraction in vertebrate striated muscle. J Physiol. 1961;156:150-165.
14. Kawakami Y, Amemiya K, Kanehisa H, et al. Fatigue responses of human triceps surae muscles during repetitive maximal isometric contractions. J Appl Physiol. 2000;88:1969-1975.
15. Lieber RL, Schmitz MC, Mishra DK, et al. Contractile and cellular remodeling in rabbit skeletal muscle after cyclic eccentric contractions. J Appl Physiol. 1994;77:1926-1934.
16. Lieber RL, Woodburn TM, Friden J. Muscle damage induced by eccentric contractions of 25% strain. J Appl Physiol. 1991;70:2498-2507.
17. Lowe DA, Warren GL, Ingalls CP, et al. Muscle function and protein metabolism after initiation of eccentric contraction-induced injury. J Appl Physiol. 1995;79:1260-1270.
18. Lynch GS, Faulkner JA. Contraction-induced injury to single muscle fibers: velocity of stretch does not influence the force deficit. Am J Physiol. 1998;275:1548-1554.
19. Macpherson PC, Schork MA, Faulkner JA. Contraction-induced injury to single fiber segments from fast and slow muscles of rats by single stretches. Am J Physiol. 1996;271:C1438-C1446.
20. McCully KK, Faulkner JA. Injury to skeletal muscle fibers of mice following lengthening contractions. J Appl Physiol. 1985;59:119-126.
21. Millar AP. Strains of the posterior calf musculature ("tennis leg"). Am J Sports Med. 1979;7:172-174.
22. Newham DJ, Jones DA, Clarkson PM. Repeated high-force eccentric exercise: effects on muscle pain and damage. J Appl Physiol. 1987;63:1381-1386.
23. Newham DJ, Jones DA, Ghosh G, et al. Muscle fatigue and pain after eccentric contractions at long and short length. Clin Sci. 1988;74:553-557.
24. Nikolaou PK, Macdonald BL, Glisson RR, et al. Biomechanical and histological evaluation of muscle after controlled strain injury. Am J Sports Med. 1987;15:9-14.
25. Noonan TJ, Best TM, Seaber AV, Garrett WE Jr. Identification of a threshold for skeletal muscle injury. Am J Sports Med. 1994;22:257-261.
26. Noonan TJ, Garrett WE Jr. Injuries at the myotendinous junction. Clin Sports Med. 1992;11:783-806.
27. Orchard J, Best TM. The management of muscle strain injuries: an early return versus the risk of recurrence. Clin J Sport Med. 2002;12:3-5.
28. Orchard JW. Intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for muscle strains in Australian football. Am J Sports Med. 2001;29:300-303.
29. Orchard JW, Alcott E, James T, et al. Exact moment of a gastrocnemius muscle strain captured on video. Br J Sports Med. 2002;36:222-223.
30. Speer KP, Lohnes J, Garrett WE Jr. Radiographic imaging of muscle strain injury. Am J Sports Med. 1993;21:89-95.
31. Tidball JG, O'Halloran T, Burridge K. Talin at myotendinous junctions. J Cell Biol. 1986;103:1465-1472.
32. Tidball JG, Salem G, Zernicke R. Site and mechanical conditions for failure of skeletal muscle in experimental strain injuries. J Appl Physiol. 1993;74:1280-1286.
33. Warren GL, Hayes DA, Lowe DA, et al. Eccentric contraction-induced injury in normal and hindlimb-suspended mouse soleus and EDL muscles. J Appl Physiol. 1994;77:1421-1430.
34. Weishaupt D, Schweitzer ME, Morrison WB. Injuries to the distal gastrocnemius muscle: MR findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2001;25:677-682.
35. Zarins B, Ciullo JV. Acute muscle and tendon injuries in athletes. Clin Sports Med. 1983;2:167-182.