Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of lumbar muscle delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) on the ability of the trunk muscles to reproduce different levels of force.
Methods
Twenty healthy adults (10 males and 10 females) were recruited for this study. Force reproduction in trunk extension and flexion was assessed at 50 and 75% of participants’ maximal isometric voluntary contraction in flexion and extension before and after a lumbar muscle DOMS protocol. Trunk proprioception was evaluated and compared between these conditions using different variables such as constant errors (CE), absolute errors (AE), variable errors (VE) and time to peak force (TPF). For each variable, repeated measure ANOVAs were conducted.
Results
AE were higher when participants had to reach the target post-DOMS protocol in extension compared to flexion and in the presence of higher demand of force (p = 0.02). For VE, results showed that participants were more variable in extension than in flexion when the required force was higher (p = 0.04). CE variable was higher when participants had to reach the force target in extension compared to flexion under the effect of DOMS (p = 0.02). Results also showed that participants took less time to reach the force target post-DOMS protocol in extension (0.62 ± 0.20 s) and in flexion (0.53 ± 0.19 s) than pre-DOMS protocol in extension (0.55 ± 0.15) and in flexion (0.50 ± 0.20) (p < 0.001).
Conclusion
Lumbar muscle DOMS affects trunk proprioception during force reproduction tasks especially in trunk extension and at higher force.
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Abbreviations
- DOMS:
-
Delayed-onset muscle soreness
- MVC:
-
Maximum voluntary contraction
- IPAQ:
-
International physical activity questionnaire
- CE:
-
Constant error
- AE:
-
Absolute error
- VE:
-
Variable error
- TPF:
-
Time to peak force
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Houle, M., Daneau, C., Lessard, A. et al. Short-term effect of delayed-onset muscle soreness on trunk proprioception during force reproduction tasks in a healthy adult population: a crossover study . Eur J Appl Physiol 120, 181–190 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-019-04262-y
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