PMID- 22107069 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140310 LR - 20130715 IS - 1600-0838 (Electronic) IS - 0905-7188 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Muscle fatigue experienced during maximal eccentric exercise is predictive of the plasma creatine kinase (CK) response. PG - 501-7 LID - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01413.x [doi] AB - Unaccustomed eccentric exercise may cause skeletal muscle damage with an increase in plasma creatine kinase (CK) activity. Although the wide variability among individuals in CK response to standardized lengthening contractions has been well described, the reasons underlying this phenomenon have not yet been understood. Therefore, this study investigated a possible correlation of the changes in muscle damage indirect markers after an eccentric exercise with the decline in muscle performance during the exercise. Twenty-seven healthy untrained male subjects performed three sets of 30 maximal isokinetic eccentric contractions of the knee extensors. The muscular work was recorded using an isokinetic dynamometer to assess muscle fatigue by means of various fatigue indices. Plasma CK activity, muscle soreness, and stiffness were measured before (pre) and one day after (post) exercise. The eccentric exercise bout induced significant changes of the three muscle damage indirect markers. Large inter-subject variability was observed for all criteria measured. More interestingly, the log (CK(post) /CK(pre)) and muscle stiffness appeared to be closely correlated with the relative work decrease (r = 0.84, r(2) = 0.70 and r = 0.75, r(2) = 0.56, respectively). This is the first study to propose that the muscle fatigue profile during maximal eccentric protocol could predict the magnitude of the symptoms associated with muscle damage in humans. CI - (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Hody, S AU - Hody S AD - GIGA - Neuroscience, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium. FAU - Rogister, B AU - Rogister B FAU - Leprince, P AU - Leprince P FAU - Wang, F AU - Wang F FAU - Croisier, J-L AU - Croisier JL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111123 PL - Denmark TA - Scand J Med Sci Sports JT - Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports JID - 9111504 RN - EC 2.7.3.2 (Creatine Kinase) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Creatine Kinase/*blood MH - Exercise/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Knee Joint/*physiology MH - Male MH - Muscle Contraction/*physiology MH - Muscle Fatigue/*physiology MH - Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology/physiology MH - Quadriceps Muscle/*enzymology/physiology MH - Torque MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - creatine kinase activity OT - eccentric contraction OT - muscle damage OT - muscle fatigue OT - muscular work EDAT- 2011/11/24 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/13 06:00 CRDT- 2011/11/24 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/11/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/11/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/13 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01413.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2013 Aug;23(4):501-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01413.x. Epub 2011 Nov 23.