Psychological stress impairs short-term muscular recovery from resistance exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2220-2227

  Stults Kolehmainen, Matthew A ^a,b   Bartholomew, John B ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentric exercise; energy; fatigue; life event stress; maximal isometric force; perceived stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868300321     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31825f67a0     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Allen DG. Eccentric muscle damage: mechanisms of early reduction of force. Acta Physiol Scand. 2001;171:311-9.
2. Allen DL, McCall GE, Loh AS, Madden MC, Mehan RS. Acute daily psychological stress causes atrophic gene expression and myostatin-dependent muscle atrophy. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2010;299:R889-98.
3. Armstrong RB. Initial events in exercise-induced muscular injury. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1990;22(4):429-35.
4. Bartholomew JB, Stults-Kolehmainen MA, Elrod CC, Todd TS. Strength gains following resistance training: the effect of stressful, negative life events. J Strength Cond Res. 2008;22(4):1215-21.
5. Borsheim E, Bahr R. Effect of exercise intensity, duration and mode on post-exercise oxygen consumption. Sports Med. 2003;33(14): 1037-60.
6. Brzycki M. Strength testing: predicting a one rep max from a reps-to-fatigue. J Phys Educ Recreation Dance. 1993;64(1):88-90.
7. Buchheit M, Laursen PB, Ahmaidi S. Parasympathetic reactivation after repeated sprint exercise. Am J Physiol. 2007;293(1): H133-41.
8. Burns VE. Psychological stress and immune function. In: Gleeson M, Spurway NC, MacLaren D, editors. Immune Function in Sport and Exercise. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone; 2006. p. 221-45.
9. Chargè SBP, Rudnicki MA. Cellular and molecular regulation of muscle regeneration. Physiol Rev. 2004;84(1):209-38.
10. Christian LM, Graham JE, Padgett DA, Glaser R, Kiecolt-Glaser JK. Stress and wound healing. Neuroimmunomodulation. 2007;13: 337-46.
11. Clarkson PM, Hubal MJ. Exercise-induced muscle damage in humans. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2002;81(11 suppl):S52-69.
12. Clow A, Hucklebridge F. The impact of psychological stress on immune function in the athletic population. Exerc Immunol Rev. 2001; 7:5-17.
13. Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R. A global measure of perceived stress. J Health Soc Behav. 1983;24(4):385-96.
14. Cohen S, Williamson G. Perceived stress in a probability sample of the United States. In: Spacapam S, Oskamp S, editors. The Social Psychology of Health: Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology. Newbury Park (CA): Sage; 1988. p. 31-67.
15. Crandall CS, Preisler JJ, Aussprung J. Measuring life event stress in the lives of college students: the Undergraduate Stress Questionnaire (USQ). J Behav Med. 1992;15(6):627-62.
16. Dousset E, Avela J, Ishikawa M, et al. Bimodal recovery pattern in human skeletal muscle induced by exhaustive stretch-shortening cycle exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007;39(3):453-60.
17. Ebrecht M, Hextall J, Kirtley LG, Taylor A, Dyson M, Weinman J. Perceived stress and cortisol levels predict speed of wound healing in healthy male adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004;29: 798-809.
18. Engelbrecht AM, Smith C, Neethling I, et al. Daily brief restraint stress alters signaling pathways and induces atrophy and apoptosis in rat skeletal muscle. Stress. 2010;13(2):132-41.
19. Ensel WM. Measuring depression: the CES-D scale. In: Lin N, Dean A, Ensel WM, editors. Social Support, Life Events, and Depression. New York: Academic Press; 1986. p. 51-70.
20. Ensel WM, Lin N. Physical fitness and the stress process. J Community Psychol. 2004;32(1):81-101.
21. Ford IW, Eklund RC, Gordon S. An examination of psychosocial variables moderating the relationship between life stress and injury time-loss among athletes of a high standard. J Sports Sci. 2000; 18(5):301-12.
22. Fry A. Overload and regeneration during resistance exercise. In: Lehmann M, Foster C, Gastmann U, Keizer H, editors. Overload, Performance Incompetence, and Regeneration in Sport. New York: Kluwer Academic; 1999. p. 149-62.
23. Herring MP, O'Connor PJ. The effect of acute resistance exercise on feelings of energy and fatigue. J Sports Sci. 2009;27(7):701-9.
24. Ivy JL, Katz AL, Cutler CL, Sherman WM, Coyle EF. Muscle glycogen-synthesis after exercise-effect of time of carbohydrate ingestion. J Appl Physiol. 1988;64(4):1480-5.
25. Izquierdo M, Ibanez J, Calbet JAL, et al. Neuromuscular fatigue after resistance training. Int J Sports Med. 2009;30(8):614-23.
26. Krantz G, Forsman M, Lundberg U. Consistency in physiological stress responses and electromyographic activity during induced stress exposure in women and men. Integr Physiol Behav Sci. 2004; 39(2):105-18.
27. Lambert E, Dawood T, Straznicky N, et al. Association between the sympathetic firing pattern and anxiety level in patients with the metabolic syndrome and elevated blood pressure. J Hypertens. 2010; 28(3):543-50.
28. Lazarus RS. Stress and emotion: a new synthesis. In: Monat A, Lazarus RS, Reevy G, editors. The Praeger Handbook on Stress and Coping. Westport (CT): Praeger; 2007. p. 33-51.
29. Lutz RS, Stults-Kolehmainen MA, Bartholomew JB. Exercise caution when stressed: stages of change and the stress-exercise participation relationship. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2010;11(6):560-7.
30. MacIntyre DL, Reid WD, Lyster DM, Szasz IJ, McKenzie DC. Presence of WBC, decreased strength, and delayed soreness in muscle after eccentric exercise. J Appl Physiol. 1996;80:1006-13.
31. Martin JC, Wagner BM, Coyle EF. Inertial-load method determines maximal cycling power in a single exercise bout. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1997;29(11):1505-12.
32. Marucha P, Kiecolt-Glaser J, Favagehi M. Mucosal wound healing is impaired by examination stress. Psychosom Med. 1998;60(3): 362-5.
33. Miller GE, Cohen S, Pressman S, Barkin A, Rabin BS, Treanor J. Psychological stress and antibody response to influenza vaccination. When is the critical period for stress, and how does it get inside the body? Psychosom Med. 2004;66:215-23.
34. Nowotny B, Cavka M, Herder C, et al. Effects of acute psychological stress on glucose metabolism and subclinical inflammation in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. Horm Metab Res. 2010;42(10):746-53.
35. Perna FM, McDowell SL. Role of psychological stress in cortisol recovery from exhaustive exercise among elite athletes. Int J Behav Med. 1995;2(1):13-26.
36. Raudenbush SW, Bryk AS. Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks (CA): Sage; 2002. p. 3-15.
37. Sapolsky RM. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. 3rd ed. New York: Owl Books; 2004. p. 6.
38. Sapolsky RM, Romero LM, Munck AU. How do glucocorticoids influence stress responses? Integrating permissive, suppressive, stimulatory, and preparative actions. Endocr Rev. 2000;21(1):55-89.
39. Sayers SP, Clarkson PM, Rouzier PA, Kamen G. Adverse events associated with eccentric exercise protocols: six case studies. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1999;31(12):1697-702.
40. Schleifer LM, Ley R, Spalding TW. A hyperventilation theory of job stress and musculoskeletal disorders. Am J Ind Med. 2002; 41(5):20-432.
41. Selye H. The Stress of Life. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1976. p. 435.
42. Storer TW, Davis JA, Caiozzo VJ. Accurate prediction of VO2max in cycle ergometry. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1990;22(5):704-12.
43. Yi JP, Smith RE, Vitaliano PP. Stress-resilience, illness, and coping: a person-focused investigation of young women athletes. J Behav Med. 2005;28(3):257-65.