Korean J Sports Med.  2020 Dec;38(4):238-241. 10.5763/kjsm.2020.38.4.238.

Evaluation of Muscle Damage by Central Fatigue Using Tensiomyography

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Sports Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Korea
  • 2Department of Orthopaedics, Sunsoochon Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

This study compared muscle function pre- and post-central fatigue caused by a marathon, using maximal displacement (Dm), which indicates muscular stiffness in tensiomyography (TMG) results. Blood and noninvasive TMG test were performed on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th days before and immediately after the marathon. The muscles assessed were the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM), rectus femoris (RF), biceps femoris (BF), semitendinosus (ST), tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius lateralis, and gastrocnemius medialis. Lactate dehydrogenase levels (lactate dehydrogenase) increased sharply immediately after the competition and decreased to the pre-competition level after 5 days. Dm was the highest immediately post-competition at BF, ST, VL, VM, and RF muscles, with a tendency to decrease to pre-competition levels after 1 day. The application of TMG to identify muscle changes in central fatigue studies may be appropriate in the proximal region rather than in the distal region.

Keyword

Lactate dehydrogenase; Marathon; Muscle; Myalgia; Neurologic

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Blood analysis. (A) Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). (B) Creatine phosphokinase (CPK). (C) Creatine kinase-myoglobin (CK-MB). D1: 1 day later, D3: 3 days later, D5: 5 days later.

  • Fig. 2 Maximal displacement of hamstring. (A) Biceps femoris (BF). (B) Semitendinosus (ST). D1: 1 day later, D3: 3 days later, D5: 5 days later.

  • Fig. 3 Maximal displacement of quadriceps. (A) Vastus lateralis (VL). (B) Vastus medialis (VM). (C) Rectus femoris (RF). D1: 1 day later, D3: 3 days later, D5: 5 days later.

  • Fig. 4 Maximal displacement of lower leg. (A) Tibialis anterior (TA). (B) Gastrocnemius lateralis (GL). (C) Gastrocnemius medialis (GM). D1: 1 day later, D3: 3 days later, D5: 5 days later.


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