Fatigue and Muscle Soreness Flashcards
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definition of fatigue**
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- decrements of muscular performance with continued effort, accompanied by sensations of tiredness
- inability to maintain power output to continue muscular work at given intensity
2
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**causes of fatigue
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- inadequate energy delivery/metabolism
- accumulation of metabolic by products
- failure of muscle contractile mechanism
- altered neural control of muscle contraction
3
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Phosphocreatine
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depleats during fatigue and used for hsort term, high intensity effort
4
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Muscle soreness
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results from exhaustion or high-intensity exercise, especially performed for the first time
5
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DOMS
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soreness one to two days after exercise
6
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acute muscle soreness
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felt immediately during or following strenous activity
7
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Inflammation
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connected to soreness, white blood cell levels increase during soreness increasing inflammation
8
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Muscle cramps (EAMC)
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- localized to overworked muscle
- lack of conditioning, improper training
and depletion of energy stores - treated with stretching
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