Moderate Intensity Cycling Is Better Than Running On Recovery Of Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage

PHYSICAL THERAPY IN SPORT(2021)

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Abstract
Objective: To compare the effects of moderate intensity running and cycling on markers of exercise induced muscle damage in men.Study design: Randomized controlled trial.Setting: Laboratory.Participants: Thirty volunteers were randomized in three groups [running (RG; n = 10), cycling (CG; n = 10) and control (CON; n = 10)] and were evaluated at baseline, post 24, 48 and 72 h of knee extensors' muscle damage protocol. CON performed passive recovery, while RG and CG performed active recovery immediately after the protocol, as well as 24 h and 48 h afterwards.Main outcomes: (i) maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC); (ii) delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS); (iii) plasma creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels. Results: No group-by-time interaction was found in any outcome evaluated (p > 0.05). All groups presented decreases in MVIC and increases in DOMS (p < 0.001), without differences in CK and LDH. Compared with CON, exercise groups presented likely beneficial effects for LDH, while only CG had a likely beneficial effect for DOMS. Lastly, CG presented likely/very likely beneficial effects for MVIC and DOMS compared to RG.Conclusion: Although the null hypothesis analysis did not find differences, the magnitude-based inference analysis suggested that moderate intensity cycling have likely beneficial effects on knee extensor muscle recovery after eccentric exercise protocol.(c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Muscle damage, Active recovery, Running, Cycling
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