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Fouré A, Besson T, Stauffer E, Skinner SC, Bouvier J, Féasson L, Connes P, Hautier CA, Millet GY. Sex-related differences and effects of short and long trail running races on resting muscle-tendon mechanical properties. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2022; 32:1477-1492. [PMID: 35730335 DOI: 10.1111/sms.14203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The purpose of the study was to assess sex-related differences in resting mechanical properties and adaptations of skeletal muscles and tendons in response to trail running races of different distances using multi-site shear wave elastography assessments of the lower limb, force capacity and blood analyses. Sex differences in resting mechanical properties of knee extensor and plantar flexor muscles and tendons were characterized by shear wave velocity measurements in healthy males (N=42) and females (N=25) trained in long distance running. Effects of running distance on muscle and tendon properties were assessed in short (<60km, N=23) vs. long (>100km, N=26) distance races. Changes in isometric maximal voluntary contraction torque, serum C-reactive protein and creatine kinase activity were also quantified after running races. Higher shear wave velocity of relaxed triceps surae muscle was detected in females as compared to males before running races (+4.8%, p=0.006), but the significant increases in triceps surae muscle group (+7.0%, p=0.001) and patellar tendon shear wave velocity (+15.4%, p=0.001) after short-distance races were independent of sex. A significant decrease in triceps surae muscle shear wave velocity was found after long-distance races in the whole experimental population (-3.1%, p=0.049). Post-races increase in C-reactive protein and creatine kinase activity were significantly correlated to the relative decreases in triceps surae and quadriceps femoris skeletal muscle shear wave velocity (ρ=-0.56, p=0.001 and ρ=-0.51, p=0.001, respectively). Resting mechanical properties of muscles and tendons are affected by sex, and that adaptations to trail races are related to running distance. Exercise-induced changes in resting skeletal muscle mechanical properties are associated with enhanced indirect markers of inflammation and muscle damage.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexandre Fouré
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL1), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne, Université de Lyon, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Campus Santé Innovations-IRMIS, Saint Priest en Jarez, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL1), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Villeurbanne, France.,Hospices Civils de Lyon, Exploration Fonctionnelle Respiratoire, Médecine du Sport et de l'Activité Physique, Lyon, France.,Laboratoire d'Excellence du Globule Rouge (Labex GR-Ex), PRES Sorbonne, Paris, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL1), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Villeurbanne, France.,Laboratoire d'Excellence du Globule Rouge (Labex GR-Ex), PRES Sorbonne, Paris, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL1), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne, Université de Lyon, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Campus Santé Innovations-IRMIS, Saint Priest en Jarez, France.,CHU St Etienne, Unité de Myologie, Centre Référent Maladies Neuromusculaires Rares, Euro-NmD, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL1), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Villeurbanne, France.,Laboratoire d'Excellence du Globule Rouge (Labex GR-Ex), PRES Sorbonne, Paris, France.,Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL1), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne, Université de Lyon, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM), Campus Santé Innovations-IRMIS, Saint Priest en Jarez, France.,Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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Fouré A, Gondin J. Skeletal Muscle Damage Produced by Electrically Evoked Muscle Contractions. Exerc Sport Sci Rev 2021; 49:59-65. [PMID: 33122596 DOI: 10.1249/jes.0000000000000239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Understanding the physiological/mechanical mechanisms leading to skeletal muscle damage remains one of the challenges in muscle physiology. This review presents the functional, structural, and cellular consequences of electrically evoked submaximal isometric contractions that can elicit severe and localized skeletal muscle damage. Hypotheses related to underlying physiological and mechanical processes involved in severe and localized muscle damage also are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexandre Fouré
- Inter-university Laboratory of Human Mouvement Biology (LIBM), University of Lyon, UCBL-Lyon1, EA 7424, Villeurbanne, France
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- NeuroMyoGene Institute, Univ Lyon, CNRS 5310, INSERM U1217, UCBL 1, Lyon, France
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The repeatability of bilateral diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in the upper leg muscles of healthy adults. Eur Radiol 2019; 30:1709-1718. [PMID: 31705253 PMCID: PMC7033061 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06403-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Objectives Assessment of the repeatability of diffusion parameter estimations in the upper leg muscles of healthy adults over the time course of 2 weeks, from a simultaneous bilateral upper leg DTI measurement. Methods SE-EPI DTI datasets were acquired at 3 T in the upper legs of 15 active adults at a time interval of 2 weeks. ROIs were manually drawn for four quadriceps and three hamstring muscles of both legs. The following DTI parameters were analyzed: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd eigenvalue (λ1, λ2, and λ3), mean diffusivity (MD), and fractional anisotropy (FA). DTI parameters per muscle were calculated with and without intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) correction together with SNR levels per muscle. Bland-Altman plots and within-subject coefficient of variation (wsCV) were calculated. Left-right differences between muscles were assessed. Results The Bland-Altman analysis showed good repeatability of all DTI parameters except FA for both the IVIM-corrected and standard data. wsCV values show that MD has the highest repeatability (4.5% IVIM; 5.6% standard), followed by λ2 (4.9% IVIM; 5.5% standard), λ1 (5.3% IVIM; 7.5% standard), and λ3 (5.7% IVIM; 5.7% standard). wsCV values of FA were 15.2% for the IVIM-corrected data and 13.9% for the standard analysis. The SNR (41.8 ± 16.0 right leg, 41.7 ± 17.1 left leg) and wsCV values were similar for the left and right leg and no left-right bias was detected. Conclusions Repeatability was good for standard DTI data and slightly better for IVIM-corrected DTI data. Our protocol is suitable for DTI of the upper legs with overall good SNR. Key Points • The presented DTI protocol is repeatable and therefore suitable for bilateral DT imaging of the upper legs. • Additional B1+calibrations improve SNR and repeatability. • Correcting for perfusion effects improves repeatability. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00330-019-06403-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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