| Titel: | The effect of chronic and acute yoga training on delayed onset muscle soreness |
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| Autor: | oyle, CA Sayers, SP Jensen, BE Headley, SA Manos, TM |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Medicine and science in sports and exercise |
| Jahr: | 2003 |
| Band: | 35 |
| Heft: | 5 |
| Seiten: | 240 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Abstract: | Yoga, which can provide a gradual and extended stretching of skeletal muscles, may serve as a potential candidate for the prevention and treatment of delayed onset 'muscle soreness (DOMS). Purpose: To determine the effects of yoga training and acute yoga practice on the intensity of DOMS. Methods: 24 female yoga trained (YT; n = 12) and non-yoga trained (CON; n = 12) matched volunteers were administered a DOMSinducing bench-stepping exercise. Muscle soreness was assessed at baseline, 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hr after exercise using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Groups were also compared on body awareness (BA), flexibility using the sit-and-reach test (SR), and perceived exertion (RPE). Statistical significance was accepted at p <0.05. Results: A 2 × 6 mixed factorial ANOVA with repeated measures over time revealed no significant interaction (p >0.06) or group main effect (p >0.08); however, a significant (p <0.01) time main effect was found. A 2 × 2 mixed factorial ANOVA with repeated measures at 24 and 48 hr revealed no significant interaction (p >0.55) or time main effect (p >0.08); however, a significant (p <0.05) group main effect was observed with VAS scores greater for CON than YT. A 2 × 2 repeated measures ANOVA revealed that in YT, VAS scores were higher before yoga class than after (p <0.01) and higher at 24 versus 72 hr (p <0.04). SR was greater in YT compared with CON (p <.01); however, no differences between groups were found in BA or RPE. Conclusion: Chronic and acute yoga training appears to lessen peak muscle soreness in females following a bout of eccentric exercise. Supported by the Massachusetts Governor's Committee on Physical Fitness and Sports Grant. |