Effect of Low-Volume High-Intensity Interval Exercise and Continuous Exercise on Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness in Untrained Healthy Males
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Luiz Fernando Farias Junior ; Rodrigo Alberto Vieira Browne ; Danniel T. Frazão ; Teresa Cristina Batista Dantas ; Paulo H.M. Silva [1] ; Rodrigo P.A Freitas [1] ; Marcelo Saldanha Aoki ; Eduardo Caldas Costa
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[1] Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Brasil
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- Localización: Journal of strength and conditioning research: the research journal of the NSCA, ISSN 1064-8011, Vol. 33, Nº. 3, 2019, págs. 774-782
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The aim of this study was to compare the effect of a single session of a low-volume high-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) and a continuous exercise (CE) on the magnitude of delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in untrained healthy males. Fifteen participants (25.1 +/- 4.4 years) completed 2 experimental sessions in a randomized order: (a) low-volume HIIE: 10 x 60 seconds at 90% of maximal velocity (MV) interspersed with 60 seconds of active recovery at 30% of MV and (b) CE: 20 minutes at 60% of MV. Pressure-pain threshold (PPT), pressure-pain tolerance (PPTol), and perceived pain intensity (PPI) were assessed in the rectus femoris, biceps femoris, and gastrocnemius before and 24 hours after exercise. There was a decrease of PPT in the rectus femoris (-0.5 kg[middle dot]cm-2) and PPTol in the gastrocnemius (-1.4 kg[middle dot]cm-2) and an increase of PPI in the rectus femoris (14.4 mm) and in the biceps femoris (11.7 mm) 24 hours after the low-volume HIIE session (p <= 0.05). There was a decrease of PPT (rectus femoris: -0.8 kg[middle dot]cm-2; biceps femoris: -0.5 kg[middle dot]cm-2; gastrocnemius: -0.9 kg[middle dot]cm-2) and PPTol (rectus femoris: -1.9 kg[middle dot]cm-2; biceps femoris: -2.7 kg[middle dot]cm-2; gastrocnemius: -1.6 kg[middle dot]cm-2) and an increase of PPI (rectus femoris: 8.1 mm; biceps femoris: 10.3 mm; gastrocnemius: 17.5 mm) in all muscles 24 hours after the CE session (p <= 0.05). No difference was observed between HIIE and CE sessions in any DOMS-related parameter (p > 0.05). In conclusion, a single session of low-volume HIIE and CE elicited a similar mild DOMS 24 hours after exercise in untrained healthy males.
