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Table 6 Circulating Muscle Proteins

From: Recovery from Resistance Exercise in Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review

Study

Subjects

Age (years)

Exercise

Time points

Marker

Results

Other findings

Time to peak

Magnitude of change

Time to recovery

Clarkson and Dedrick [50]

20 healthy females (10 young, 10 older)

24 ± 3, 67 ± 5

24 reps eccentric contractions of elbow flexors

115% maximal isometric strength

Baseline, 24-, 48-, 72-, 96-, 120-h

CK

120-h

↑180 IU/L (273%)*#

Not recovered

 

Ferri et al. [55]

9 healthy males

72 ± 4

10 × 10 reps seated calf raises

70% 1-RM

Baseline, 1-, 48-, 96-, 144-h

CK

Mb

LDH

48-h

1-h

48-h

↑52 U/L (60.3%)*

↑19 U/L (73.2%)*

↑17 U/L (5.3%)*

96-h

48-h

96-h

 

Lavender and Nosaka [45]

20 healthy males (10 young, 10 older)

19 ± 0, 71 ± 2

6 × 5 reps eccentric contractions of elbow flexors

40% maximal isometric strength

Baseline, 0-, 24-, 48-, 72-, 96-, 120-, 144-, 168-h

CK

Mb

96—120-h

96—120-h

↑ 1996 IU/L (1358%)*#

Baseline not given*

Not given

Not given

Peak CK and Mb higher in young

Lavender and Nosaka [46]

18 healthy males (10 young, 8 older)

20 ± 2, 71 ± 4

6 × 5 reps eccentric contractions of elbow flexors

40% maximal isometric strength

Baseline, 0-, 24-, 48-, 72-, 96-h

CK

Mb

96-h

96-h

↑1657 IU/L (1641%)*#

↑ 406 ng/ml (824%)*#

Not recovered

Not recovered

Increases in CK and Mb higher in young

Repeated bout significantly attenuated increases in Mb

Thalacker-Mercer et al. [66]

39 healthy adults (19 younger, 20 older)

37 ± 1, 73 ± 1

9 × 10 reps bilateral, concentric-eccentric knee extension

40% MIVC

Baseline, 24-h

CK

N/A

↑54 U/L (46%)*

Not recovered

 

Chen et al. [56]

26 healthy males

66 ± 5

6 × 10 reps maximal eccentric contractions of knee extensors

Baseline, 0-, 24-, 48-, 72-, 96-, 120-h

CK

Mb

96-h

96-h

↑ 1473 IU/L (1009%)*#

↑254 ug/L (726%)*#

Not recovered

Previous sub-max exercise significantly attenuated increases in CK and Mb

Funghetto et al. [61]

90 obese females

69 ± 6

7 × 10 reps eccentric bilateral knee extension isoinertial machine with a load corresponding to 110% of 10-RM

Baseline, 0-, 3-, 24-, 48-h

CK

24—48-h

↑39- 47 IU/L (42–44%)*

Not recovered

Only GG allele group had a peak significantly higher than baseline

Buford et al. [57]

30 healthy adults (15 young, 15 older). Each group 5 females, 5 males

23 ± 4, 76 ± 5

150 reps unilateral eccentric contractions of plantar flexors

110% 1-RM

Baseline, 48-, 168-h

CK

48-h

↑0.14 (log) IU/L

Not recovered

Older peaked later than young

Tajra et al. [62]

90 obese females

69 ± 6

7 × 10 reps eccentric bilateral knee extension isoinertial machine with a load corresponding to 110% of 10-RM

Baseline, 0-, 3-, 24-, 48-h

CK

48-h

↔(non-responders)

↑ 202 U/L (157%)*# (high responders)

N/A

Not recovered

Evidence for high and low responders to CK

Nikolaidis [49]

20 healthy males (10 young, 10 older)

22 ± 4, 67 ± 5

5 × 15 reps of back squat

75% 1-RM on a Smith machine

Baseline, 48-h

CK

N/A

↑ 1534 IU/L (1112%)*#

N/A

No difference between young and older

Cornish et al. [64]

11 healthy males

72 ± 5

144 reps at 60% 1-RM OR 120 reps at 72% 1-RM OR 108 reps at 80% 1-RM of chest press, shoulder press, seated row, leg press, leg extension, and plantar flexion

Baseline, 0-, 3-, 6-, 24- 48-h

Mb

3—6-h

↑20 ng/ml (96%)*#

48-h

No effect of intensity on Mb

Pereira et al. [65]

28 healthy males

GG genotype: 71 ± 4

CC/CG genotype: 72 ± 4

10 × 7 reps of eccentric contractions of knee flexors and extensors

Baseline, 0-, 3-, 24-, 48-h

CK

24-h

↑85 U/L (57%)*#

Not recovered

No difference between genotypes

Skarabot et al. [58]

33 healthy adults (12 young, 11 older). 2 and 3 females respectively

27 ± 5, 66 ± 4

10 × 6 reps maximal eccentric contractions of dorsi-flexions

Baseline, 0-, 24-, 72-h

CK

24-h

↑108 IU/L (111%)*

Not recovered

Repeated bout significantly attenuated increases in CK

Rodriguez-Lopez et al. [67]

15 healthy adults (9 males, 6 females)

73.6 ± 3.8

6 × 6 reps leg press

80% of 1-RM (heavy)

6 × 12 reps leg press

40% of 1-RM (light)

Baseline, 0-, 24-h

CK

LDH

24-h

N/A

↑59 U/L

(1083%)*

↔

N/A

No effect of load

De Sousa Neto et al. [63]

88 obese females

69 ± 6

7 × 10 reps eccentric bilateral knee extension isoinertial machine with a load corresponding to 110% of 10-RM

Baseline, 0-, 3-, 24-, 48-h

CK

48-h

 

Not recovered

No effect of muscle quality

  1. 1-RM one-repetition maximum, reps repetitions, CK creatine kinase, Mb myoglobin, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, h hours, ↑ increase, ↔ no change
  2. #Data extracted from figures
  3. *Significantly different from baseline