The role of muscle and tendon mechanics in human muscle damage

该项目旨在研究需要什么样的强力拉伸才能引起人体运动诱发性肌肉损伤（EIMD），以及肌肉如何适应以限制未来的损伤。具体来说，该项目旨在研究肌腱的弹性特性如何通过缓冲肌肉纤维的拉伸来减少肌肉损伤。利用尖端的超声成像技术，研究人员将检测人体肌肉不同区域的肌肉劳损，以量化肌肉力量吸收与EIMD之间的时间关系。肌肉和肌腱的机械性能在缓冲肌肉从潜在损伤的重要性将被衡量。这可能是人类运动中预防EIMD的关键机制。

This project aims to examine what sort of forceful stretch is required to cause exercise induced muscle damage (EIMD) in humans and how muscles adapt to limit future damage. Specifically, the project aims to examine how the elastic properties of tendons might reduce muscle damage by buffering stretch in muscle fibres. Using cutting-edge ultrasound imaging technology, human muscle strain in different regions of muscle will be examined to quantify the temporal relationship between muscle power absorption and EIMD. The importance of muscle and tendon mechanical properties in buffering the muscle from potential damage will be gauged. This could be a critical mechanism for preventing EIMD in exercising humans.