Localized muscle pain causes prolonged recovery after fatiguing isometric contractions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-158

  Ciubotariu, Andrei ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experimental muscle pain; Fatigue recovery; Isometric contractions; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

HYPERTONIC SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE RECOVERY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 34447099292     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0913-4     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Allman BL, Rice CL (2001) Incomplete recovery of voluntary isometric force after fatigue is not affected by old age. Muscle Nerve 24:1156-1167
2. Baker AJ, Kostov KG, Miller RG, Weiner MW (1993) Slow force recovery after long-duration exercise: metabolic and activation factors in muscle fatigue. J Appl Physiol 74:2294-2300
3. Bigland-Ritchie B, Woods JJ (1984) Changes in muscle contractile properties and neural control during human muscular fatigue. Muscle Nerve 7:691-699
4. Bigland-Ritchie BR, Dawson NJ, Johansson RS, Lippold OC (1986) Reflex origin for the slowing of motoneurone firing rates in fatigue of human voluntary contractions. J Physiol 379:451-459
5. Ciubotariu A, Arendt-Nielsen L, Graven-Nielsen T (2004) The influence of muscle pain and fatigue on the activity of synergistic muscles of the leg. Eur J Appl Physiol 91:604-614
6. Cook DB, O'Connor PJ, Eubanks SA, Smith JC, Lee M (1997) Naturally occurring muscle pain during exercise: assessment and experimental evidence. Med Sci Sports Exerc 29:999-1012
7. Della TG, Brunetti O, Pettorossi VE (2002) Capsaicin-sensitive muscle afferents modulate the monosynaptic reflex in response to muscle ischemia and fatigue in the rat. Arch Ital Biol 140:51-65
8. Edgerton VR, Smith JL, Simpson DR (1975) Muscle fibre type populations of human leg muscles. Histochem J 7:259-266
9. Esposito F, Orizio C, Veicsteinas A (1998) Electromyogram and mechanomyogram changes in fresh and fatigued muscle during sustained contraction in men. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 78:494-501
10. Farina D, Arendt-Nielsen L, Merletti R, Graven-Nielsen T (2004) Effect of experimental muscle pain on motor unit firing rate and conduction velocity. J Neurophysiol 91:1250-1259
11. Fitts RH, Holloszy JO (1976) Lactate and contractile force in frog muscle during development of fatigue and recovery. Am J Physiol 231:430-433
12. Gamet D, Maton B (1989) The fatigability of two agonistic muscles in human isometric voluntary submaximal contraction: an EMG study. I. Assessment of muscular fatigue by means of surface EMG. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 58:361-368
13. Garland SJ (1991) Role of small diameter afferents in reflex inhibition during human muscle fatigue. J Physiol 435:547-558
14. Garland SJ, McComas AJ (1990) Reflex inhibition of human soleus muscle during fatigue. J Physiol 429:17-27
15. Graven-Nielsen T, McArdle A, Phoenix J, Arendt-Nielsen L, Jensen TS, Jackson MJ, Edwards RH (1997a) In vivo model of muscle pain: quantification of intramuscular chemical, electrical, and pressure changes associated with saline-induced muscle pain in humans. Pain 69:137-143
16. Graven-Nielsen T, Svensson P, Arendt-Nielsen L (1997b) Effects of experimental muscle pain on muscle activity and co-ordination during static and dynamic motor function. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 105:156-164
17. Hayward L, Breitbach D, Rymer WZ (1988) Increased inhibitory effects on close synergists during muscle fatigue in the decerebrate cat. Brain Res 440:199-203
18. Hermens HJ, Freriks B, Disselhorst-Klug C, Rau G (2000) Development of recommendations for SEMG sensors and sensor placement procedures. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 10:361-374
19. Kirsch RF, Rymer WZ (1987) Neural compensation for muscular fatigue: evidence for significant force regulation in man. J Neurophysiol 57:1893-1910
20. Kniffki KD, Mense S, Schmidt RF (1978) Responses of group IV afferent units from skeletal muscle to stretch, contraction and chemical stimulation. Exp Brain Res 31:511-522
21. Kniffki KD, Schomburg ED, Steffens H (1981) Synaptic effects from chemically activated fine muscle afferents upon alpha-motoneurones in decerebrate and spinal cats. Brain Res 206:361-370
22. Krogh-Lund C, Jorgensen K (1993) Myo-electric fatigue manifestations revisited: power spectrum, conduction velocity, and amplitude of human elbow flexor muscles during isolated and repetitive endurance contractions at 30% maximal voluntary contraction. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 66:161-173
23. Linssen WH, Stegeman DF, Joosten EM, van't Hof MA, Binkhorst RA, Notermans SL (1993) Variability and interrelationships of surface EMG parameters during local muscle fatigue. Muscle Nerve 16:849-856
24. Lloyd AJ (1972) Auditory EMG feedback during a sustained submaximum isometric contraction. Res Q 43:39-46
25. Lund JP, Donga R, Widmer CG, Stohler CS (1991) The pain-adaptation model: a discussion of the relationship between chronic musculoskeletal pain and motor activity. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 69:683-694
26. Maton B, Gamet D (1989) The fatigability of two agonistic muscles in human isometric voluntary submaximal contraction: an EMG study. II. Motor unit firing rate and recruitment. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 58:369-374
27. Mense S (1977) Nervous outflow from skeletal muscle following chemical noxious stimulation. J Physiol 267:75-88
28. Mense S (1993) Nociception from skeletal muscle in relation to clinical muscle pain. Pain 54:241-289
29. Moritani T, Muro M, Nagata A (1986) Intramuscular and surface electromyogram changes during muscle fatigue. J Appl Physiol 60:1179-1185
30. Ng JK, Richardson CA, Parnianpour M, Kippers V (2002) Fatigue-related changes in torque output and electromyographic parameters of trunk muscles during isometric axial rotation exertion: an investigation in patients with back pain and in healthy subjects. Spine 27:637-646
31. Pasquet B, Carpentier A, Duchateau J, Hainaut K (2000) Muscle fatigue during concentric and eccentric contractions. Muscle Nerve 23:1727-1735
32. Pettorossi VE, Della TG, Bortolami R, Brunetti O (1999) The role of capsaicin-sensitive muscle afferents in fatigue-induced modulation of the monosynaptic reflex in the rat. J Physiol 515(Pt 2):599-607
33. Rossi A, Mazzocchio R, Decchi B (2003) Effect of chemically activated fine muscle afferents on spinal recurrent inhibition in humans. Clin Neurophysiol 114:279-287
34. Roy SH, Oddsson LI (1998) Classification of paraspinal muscle impairments by surface electromyography. Phys Ther 78:838-851
35. Roy SH, De Luca CJ, Casavant DA (1989) Lumbar muscle fatigue and chronic lower back pain. Spine 14:992-1001
36. Sacco P, Newberry R, McFadden L, Brown T, McComas AJ (1997) Depression of human electromyographic activity by fatigue of a synergistic muscle. Muscle Nerve 20:710-717
37. Sjogaard G, Adams RP, Saltin B (1985) Water and ion shifts in skeletal muscle of humans with intense dynamic knee extension. Am J Physiol 248:R190-R196
38. Sohn MK, Graven-Nielsen T, Arendt-Nielsen L, Svensson P (2000) Inhibition of motor unit firing during experimental muscle pain in humans. Muscle Nerve 23:1219-1226
39. Suter E, Lindsay D (2001) Back muscle fatigability is associated with knee extensor inhibition in subjects with low back pain. Spine 26:E361-E366