Have We Looked in the Wrong Direction for More Than 100 Years? Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Is, in Fact, Neural Microdamage Rather Than Muscle Damage
According to our hypothesis, delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is an acute compression axonopathy of the nerve endings in the muscle spindle. It is caused by the superposition of compression when repetitive eccentric contractions are executed under cognitive demand. The acute compression axonopat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-03-01
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Series: | Antioxidants |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/3/212 |