The Effect of Warm-Up and Cool-Down Exercise on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness in the Quadriceps Muscle: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Authors: Olav Olsen , Mona Sjøhaug , Mireille Van Beekvelt , Paul Jarle Mork
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of warm-up and cool-down exercise on delayed onsetof muscle soreness at the distal and central parts of rectus femoris following leg resistance exercise. Thirty-sixvolunteers (21 women, 15 men) were randomly assigned to the warm-up (20 min ergometer cycling prior to theresistance exercise), cool-down (20 min cycling after the resistance exercise), or control group performing resistanceexercise only. The resistance exercise consisted of front lunges (10x5 repetitions/sets) with external loading of 40%(women) and 50% (men) of body mass. Primary outcomes were pressure pain threshold along rectus femoris andmaximal isometric knee extension force. Data were recorded before the resistance exercise and on the two consecutivedays. Pressure pain threshold at the central muscle belly was significantly reduced for the control group on both day 2and 3 (p≤0.003) but not for the warm-up group (p≥0.21). For the cool-down group, pressure pain threshold at thecentral muscle belly was significantly reduced on day 2 (p≤0.005) and was also lower compared to the warm-up group(p=0.025). Force was significantly reduced on day 2 and 3 for all groups (p<0.001). This study indicates that aerobicwarm-up exercise performed prior to resistance exercise may prevent muscle soreness at the central but not distalmuscle regions, but it does not prevent loss of muscle force.

Keywords

EN

aerobic exercise; pain; athletic injuries; pain threshold; muscles

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 59-68

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2012

online

26 - 01 - 2013

Contributors

author

Olav Olsen

• Department of Human Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

author

Mona Sjøhaug

• Department of Human Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

author

Mireille Van Beekvelt

• Department of Human Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

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Paul Jarle Mork

• Department of Human Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-012-0079-4