Efficacy of an isometric pre-conditioning protocol on preventing the manifestation of exercise induced muscle damage following two different eccentric exercise protocols

• Grant number: 17/14632-0
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): January 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physical Education
• Principal researcher: Benedito Sérgio Denadai
• Grantee: Renan Vieira Barreto
• Home Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Introduction: Exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) occurs following unaccustomed eccentric-biased exercise. Manipulation of certain eccentric exercise variables such as load, angular velocity and range of motion modulates the magnitude of EIMD response. Pre-conditioning with maximal isometric contractions 2-4 days prior to damaging bouts has been shown to attenuate some EIMD symptoms. However, it is not currently known if the protective effect conferred by isometric pre-conditioning (IPC) is the same against different magnitudes of stress applied to the muscle. Objective: To investigate if the same PCI protocol would attenuate EIMD induced by two different maximal eccentric exercise protocols (MaxECC) in similar fashion. Methods: Healthy, untrained, males will be allocated to four different groups (n=10): CON-S, ISO-S, CON-F, ISO-F. All groups will perform MaxECC protocols with the elbow flexors at either slow (CON-S, ISO-S) or fast (CON-F, ISO-F) angular speeds and EIMD symptoms (isokinetic peak torque, muscle soreness, muscle thickness, and ultrasound echo-intensity of the elbow flexors) will be assessed before, immediately after and 1-4 days following the MaxECC. Two experimental groups (ISO-S, ISO-F) will perform a IPC protocol (10 maximal isometric contractions with 45-second rest intervals) two days prior the MaxECC. Changes over time and between groups in all EIMD symptoms will be analyzed via two-way factorial ANOVA (normal distribution) and Friedman and Kruskal-Wallis (non-parametric distribution). Indexes of protection will be calculated considering the data obtained from both MaxECC angular speeds and compared with the Mann-Whitney test. Statistical significance will be set as p < 0.05. (AU)

Scientific publications

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BARRETO, RENAN VIEIRA; RABELLO DE LIMA, LEONARDO COELHO; GRECO, CAMILA COELHO; DENADAI, BENEDITO SERGIO. Protective Effect Conferred by Isometric Preconditioning Against Slow- and Fast-Velocity Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage. FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY, v. 10, OCT 1 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.