Mild to moderate damage in knee extensor muscles accumulates after two bouts of maximal eccentric contractions.
Titouan MorinRobin SouronInes BoulaoucheMarc JubeauAntoine NordezLilian LacourpaillePublished in: European journal of applied physiology (2023)
Although the markers of muscle damage used in the current study were indirect, they suggest that the repetition of two bouts of maximal eccentric contractions with 24 h apart induces additional muscle damage in the knee extensors in presence of mild to moderate muscle damage.