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T2 Relaxation Time In Men And Women Following Eccentric Elbow Flexor Exercise, Patrick A. Moull Sep 2015

T2 Relaxation Time In Men And Women Following Eccentric Elbow Flexor Exercise, Patrick A. Moull

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Previous research suggests that estrogen exhibits a protective effect on skeletal muscle and may help curb the effects of induced damage. Eccentric (ECC) exercise has been shown to provide the greatest levels of exercise induced muscle damage (EIMD) and with indirect markers of muscle damage including decreases in strength, increased inflammation, and higher magnitudes of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Studies have shown that elevations of the T2 relaxation times of activated muscles coincide with these other indirect measures of muscle damage. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a high intensity ECC elbow flexor exercise …