Effects Of Traditional Judo Training Session On Muscle Damage Symptoms

Keywords

Creatine kinase; Martial arts; Myalgia

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to analyze the acute effects of a judo training session on muscle strength, delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and serum creatine kinase (CK) activity. METHODS: Ten male judo athletes participated in this study and performed a 90-min traditional judo training session. The following measurements were performed before and 48 hours after the training: shoulder external/internal rotation isokinetic torque, countermovement jump (CMJ), DOMS, and blood draw for serum CK analysis. Student's t-test with significance level set at 5% and, effect size analysis were used. RESULTS: Significant reduction was found in jump height in the CMJ after the training session (2.9%; moderate effect; P=0.02). No significant differences were observed in any of the measures of shoulder external/internal rotation isokinetic torque (P>0.05). An increase of the serum CK (49.4%; moderate effect; P=0.01) and DOMS (20.6%; large effect; P=0.003) were noted after the training session when compared to baseline. CONCLUSIONS: Judo training session resulted in increased serum CK activity, and muscle soreness. The decrease of CMJ performance indicates impairment in the lower-limbs muscle power production. However, the lack of difference of shoulder external/internal rotation torque before and 48 hours after the training session may indicate that the interval was enough to recover the upper-limbs strength in judokas of this study. These markers of muscle damage can be used to control muscle adaptation progress and to avoid sports-related disorders of athletes with similar characteristics to those evaluated in this study.

Publication Date

6-1-2017

Publication Title

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volume

57

Issue

6

Number of Pages

872-878

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.16.06320-9

Socpus ID

85019493836 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85019493836

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