Early resistance training-induced increases in muscle cross-sectional area are concomitant with edema-induced muscle swelling
Early resistance training-induced increases in muscle cross-sectional area are concomitant with edema-induced muscle swelling
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DOI:
10.1007/s00421-015-3243-4
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发表时间:
2016-01-01
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3
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Ugrinowitsch, Carlos
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作者:
Damas, Felipe;Phillips, Stuart M.;Ugrinowitsch, Carlos
It has been proposed that skeletal muscle shows signs of resistance training (RT)-induced muscle hypertrophy much earlier (i.e., similar to 3-4 weeks of RT) than previously thought. We determined if early increases in whole muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) during a period of RT were concomitant with edematous muscle swelling and thus not completely attributable to hypertrophy.We analyzed vastus lateralis muscle ultrasound CSA images and their respective echo intensities (CSA-USecho) at the beginning (T1), in the 3rd week of RT (T2) and at the end (T3) of a 10-week RT period in ten untrained young men. Functional parameters [training volume (TV = load x reps x sets) and maximal voluntary contraction (MVC)] and muscle damage markers (myoglobin and interleukin-6) were also assessed.Muscle CSA increased significantly at T2 (similar to 2.7 %) and T3 (similar to 10.4 %) versus T1. Similarly, CSA-USecho increasedat T2 (similar to 17.2 %) and T3 (similar to 13.7 %). However, when CSA-USecho was normalized to the increase in muscle CSA, only T2 showed a significantly higher USecho versus T1. Additionally, TV increased at T2 and T3 versus T1, but MVC increased only at T3. Myoglobin and Interleukin-6 were elevated at T2 versus T1, and myoglobin was also higher at T2 versus T3.We propose that early RT-induced increases in muscle CSA in untrained young individuals are not purely hypertrophy, since there is concomitant edema-induced muscle swelling, probably due to muscle damage, which may account for a large proportion of the increase. Therefore, muscle CSA increases (particularly early in an RT program) should not be labeled as hypertrophy without some concomitant measure of muscle edema/damage.