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01-07-2019 | Fatigue | Original Article

Stretch–shortening cycle exercise produces acute and prolonged impairments on endurance performance: is the peripheral fatigue a single answer?

Authors: Marcos D. Silva-Cavalcante, Patrícia Guimaraes Couto, Rafael de Almeida Azevedo, Arthur Fernandes Gáspari, Daniel Boari Coelho, Adriano Eduardo Lima-Silva, Romulo Bertuzzi

Published in: European Journal of Applied Physiology | Issue 7/2019

Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to verify the acute and prolonged effects of stretch–shortening cycle exercise (SSC) on performance and neuromuscular function following a 4-km cycling time trial (4-km TT).

Methods

On separate days, individuals performed a 4-km TT without any previous exercise (CON), immediately (ACUTE) and 48 h after (PROL) SSC protocol (i.e., 100-drop jumps). Neuromuscular function was measured at baseline SSC (baseline), before (pre-TT) and after (post-TT) 4-km TT. Muscle soreness and inflammatory responses also were assessed.

Results

The endurance performance was impaired in both ACUTE (− 2.3 ± 1.8%) and PROL (− 1.8 ± 2.4%) compared with CON. The SSC protocol caused also an acute reduction in neuromuscular function, with a greater decrease in potentiated quadriceps twitch-force (Q_tw.pot − 49 ± 16%) and voluntary activation (VA − 6.5 ± 7%) compared for CON and PROL at pre-TT. The neuromuscular function was fully recovered 48 h after SSC protocol. Muscle soreness and IL-10 were elevated only 48 h after SSC protocol. At post-TT, Q_tw.pot remained lower in ACUTE (− 52 ± 14%) compared to CON (− 29 ± 7%) and PROL (− 31 ± 16%).

Conclusion

These findings demonstrate that impairment in endurance performance induced by prior SSC protocol was mediated by two distinct mechanisms, where the acute impairment was related to an exacerbated degree of peripheral and central fatigue, and the prolonged impairment was due to elevated perceived muscle soreness.

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Title: Stretch–shortening cycle exercise produces acute and prolonged impairments on endurance performance: is the peripheral fatigue a single answer?
Authors: Marcos D. Silva-Cavalcante
Patrícia Guimaraes Couto
Rafael de Almeida Azevedo
Arthur Fernandes Gáspari
Daniel Boari Coelho
Adriano Eduardo Lima-Silva
Romulo Bertuzzi
Publication date: 01-07-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Fatigue
Published in: European Journal of Applied Physiology / Issue 7/2019
Print ISSN: 1439-6319
Electronic ISSN: 1439-6327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-019-04135-4

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Stretch–shortening cycle exercise produces acute and prolonged impairments on endurance performance: is the peripheral fatigue a single answer?

Abstract

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusion

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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