Six weeks of localized heat therapy does not affect muscle mass, strength and contractile properties in healthy active humans
| Autor: | Sebastien Racinais, Mariem Labidi, Claire Tourny, Mohammed Ihsan, Mohamed Elsayed Mohamed, Fearghal P. Behan, Marine Alhammoud, Tessa Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Human studies Physiology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Ultrasound Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Skeletal muscle 030229 sport sciences General Medicine Isometric exercise Muscle mass Heat therapy Plantar flexion Muscle hypertrophy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Physiology (medical) Internal medicine medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Applied Physiology. 121:573-582 |
| ISSN: | 1439-6327 1439-6319 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00421-020-04545-9 |
| Popis: | Animal and human studies have shown that repeated heating may induce skeletal muscle adaptations, increasing muscle strength. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of 6 weeks of localized heating on skeletal muscle strength, volume and contractile properties in healthy humans. Fifteen active participants (8 males/7 females, 35 ± 6 years, 70 ± 14 kg, 173 ± 7 cm, average training of 87 min per week) were subjected to 6 weeks of single-leg heat therapy. Heat pads were applied for 8 h/day, 5 days/week, on one randomly selected calf of each participant, while the contralateral leg acted as control. The heat pads increased muscle temperature by 4.6 ± 1.2 °C (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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