Muscle stiffness has been reported to increase following eccentric muscle exercise, but to date only indirect methods have been used to measure it. This study aimed to use Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE), a noninvasive imaging technique, to assess the time-course of passive elasticity changes in the medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscles before and after a bout of eccentric exercise. Shear storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G'') measurements were made in eight healthy subjects for both muscles in vivo before, one hour after, 48 hours after and 1 week after eccentric exercise. The results show a 21% increase in medial gastrocnemius storage modulus following eccentric exercise with a peak occurring ~48 hours after exercise (before exercise 1.15 +/- 0.23 kPa, 48 hours after 1.38 +/- 0.27 kPa). No significant changes in soleus muscle storage modulus were measured for the exercise protocol used in this study, and no significant changes in loss modulus were observed. This study provides the first direct measurements in skeletal muscle before and after eccentric exercise damage and suggests that MRE can be used to detect the time course of changes to muscle properties. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
AD - Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, NSW, 2031, Australia. AN - 22246866 BT - NMR in Biomedicine ET - 2012/01/17 LA - eng M1 - 6 N1 - Green, M ASinkus, RGandevia, S CHerbert, R DBilston, L EEnglandNMR in biomedicineNMR Biomed. 2012 Jun;25(6):852-8. doi: 10.1002/nbm.1801. Epub 2012 Jan 16. N2 -Muscle stiffness has been reported to increase following eccentric muscle exercise, but to date only indirect methods have been used to measure it. This study aimed to use Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE), a noninvasive imaging technique, to assess the time-course of passive elasticity changes in the medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscles before and after a bout of eccentric exercise. Shear storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G'') measurements were made in eight healthy subjects for both muscles in vivo before, one hour after, 48 hours after and 1 week after eccentric exercise. The results show a 21% increase in medial gastrocnemius storage modulus following eccentric exercise with a peak occurring ~48 hours after exercise (before exercise 1.15 +/- 0.23 kPa, 48 hours after 1.38 +/- 0.27 kPa). No significant changes in soleus muscle storage modulus were measured for the exercise protocol used in this study, and no significant changes in loss modulus were observed. This study provides the first direct measurements in skeletal muscle before and after eccentric exercise damage and suggests that MRE can be used to detect the time course of changes to muscle properties. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2012 SN - 1099-1492 (Electronic)0952-3480 (Linking) SP - 852 EP - 8 T2 - NMR in Biomedicine TI - Measuring changes in muscle stiffness after eccentric exercise using elastography VL - 25 ER -