- Title
- Sand training : Exercise-induced muscle damage and inflammatory responses to matched-intensity exercise
- Creator
- Brown, Henry; Dawson, Brian; Binnie, Martyn; Pinnington, Hugh; Sim, Marc; Clemons, Tristan; Peeling, Peter
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/156908
- Identifier
- vital:11483
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2017.1304998
- Identifier
- ISSN:1746-1391
- Abstract
- This study compared markers of muscle damage and inflammation elevated by a matched-intensity interval running session on soft sand and grass surfaces. In a counterbalanced, repeated-measures and crossover design, 10 well-trained female athletes completed 2 interval-based running sessions 1 week apart on either a grass or a sand surface. Exercise heart rate (HR) was fixed at 83–88% of HR maximum. Venous blood samples were collected pre-, post- and 24 h post-exercise, and analysed for myoglobin (Mb) and C-reactive protein (CRP). Perceptual ratings of exertion (RPE) and muscle soreness (DOMS) were recorded immediately post- and 24 h post-exercise. A significant time effect showed that Mb increased from pre- to post-exercise on grass (p =.008) but not on sand (p =.611). Furthermore, there was a greater relative increase in Mb on grass compared with that on sand (p =.026). No differences in CRP were reported between surfaces (p >.05). The HR, RPE and DOMS scores were not significantly different between conditions (p >.05). These results suggest that in response to a matched-intensity exercise bout, markers of post-exercise muscle damage may be reduced by running on softer ground surfaces. Such training strategy may be used to minimize musculoskeletal strain while still incurring an equivalent cardiovascular training stimulus. © 2017 European College of Sport Science.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Relation
- European Journal of Sport Science Vol. 17, no. 6 (2017), p. 741-747
- Rights
- Copyright
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; Physiology; Recovery; Team sport
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