dc.creator | Kyparos, A. | en |
dc.creator | Nikolaidis, M. G. | en |
dc.creator | Dipla, K. | en |
dc.creator | Zafeiridis, A. | en |
dc.creator | Paschalis, V. | en |
dc.creator | Grivas, G. V. | en |
dc.creator | Theodorou, A. A. | en |
dc.creator | Albani, M. | en |
dc.creator | Matziari, C. | en |
dc.creator | Vrabas, I. S. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:37:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:37:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1155/2012/628352 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1942-0900 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/30084 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigates whether vitamin E can attenuate eccentric exercise-induced soleus muscle injury as indicated by the amelioration of in situ isometric force decline following a low-frequency fatigue protocol (stimulation at 4 Hz for 5 min) and the ability of the muscle to recover 3 min after the termination of the fatigue protocol. Adult male Wistar rats were divided into vitamin E-supplemented or placebo-supplemented groups studied at rest, immediately post-exercise or 48 h post-exercise. Daily DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate intraperitoneal injections of 100 mg/kg body mass for 5 consecutive days prior to exercise doubled its plasma levels. Fatigue index and recovery index expressed as a percentage of the initial tension. FI at 0 h post- and 48 h post-exercise respectively was 88% + 4.2% and 89% + 6.8% in the vitamin E groups versus 76% + 3% and 80% + 11% in the placebo groups. RI was 99% +/- 3.4% and 100% +/- 6% in the vitamin E groups versus 82% +/- 3.1% and 84% +/- 5.9% in the placebo groups. Complementally to the traditionally recorded maximal force, low-frequency fatigue measures may be beneficial for assessing injury-induced decrease in muscle functionality. | en |
dc.source.uri | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000307656600001 | |
dc.subject | CONTRACTION-INDUCED INJURY | en |
dc.subject | RAT SKELETAL-MUSCLE | en |
dc.subject | SOLEUS MUSCLE | en |
dc.subject | OXIDATIVE STRESS | en |
dc.subject | INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM | en |
dc.subject | E SUPPLEMENTATION | en |
dc.subject | REACTIVE | en |
dc.subject | OXYGEN | en |
dc.subject | FIBERS | en |
dc.subject | FORCE | en |
dc.subject | DAMAGE | en |
dc.subject | Cell Biology | en |
dc.title | Low-Frequency Fatigue as an Indicator of Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Injury: The Role of Vitamin E | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |