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Muscle damage induced by stretch-shortening cycle exercise

1998; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 30; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00005768-199803000-00012

1530-0315

HEIKKI KYR L INEN, Timo Takala, Paavo V. Komi,

Muscle metabolism and nutrition

Purpose: Strenuous stretch-shortening cycle exercise was used as a model to study the leakage of proteins from skeletal muscle. Methods: The analysis included serum levels of creatine kinase (S-CK), myoglobin(S-Mb), and carbonic anhydrase (S-CA III). Blood samples from power-(N = 11) and endurance-trained (N = 10) athletes were collected before, 0, and 2 h after the exercise, which consisted of a total of 400 jumps. Results: The levels of all determined myocellular proteins increased immediately after the exercise (P < 0.05-0.001) among both subject groups. In the endurance group, the protein levels increased (P < 0.05-0.001) further during the following 2 h after the exercise, and the ratio of S-CA III and S-Mb decreased (P < 0.05) in a before-after comparison. This was not the case among the power group despite their greater mechanical work (P < 0.001) and higher ratio of eccentric and concentric EMG activity of the leg extensor muscles (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The differences of the determined protein levels between the subject groups might be due to obvious differences in the muscle fiber distribution, differences in recruitment order of motor units, and/or differences in training background.