The Effects of Yoga Training and a Single Bout of Yoga on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness in the Lower Extremity
- Autores: Colleen A. Boyle, Stephen P. Sayers, Barbara E. Jensen, Samuel A. Headley, Tina M. Manos
- Localización: Journal of strength and conditioning research: the research journal of the NSCA, ISSN 1064-8011, Vol. 18, Nº. 4, 2004, págs. 723-729
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of yoga training and a single bout of yoga on the intensity of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). 24 yoga-trained (YT; n = 12) and non�yoga-trained (CON; n = 12), matched women volunteers were administered a DOMS-inducing bench-stepping exercise. Muscle soreness was assessed at baseline, 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hours after benchstepping using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Groups were also compared on body awareness (BA), flexibility using the sit-andreach test (SR), and perceived exertion (RPE). Statistical significance was accepted at p <= 0.05. A 2 3 2 mixed factorial ANOVA with repeated measures at 24 and 48 hours revealed a significant (p < 0.05) group main effect with VAS scores greater for CON than YT. Paired t-tests revealed that in YT, VAS scores were higher before yoga class than after yoga class at 24 hours (21.4 [+- 6.9] mm vs. 11.1 [+- 4.1] mm; p = 0.02). The SR was greater in YT than in CON (65.0 [+- 7.9] cm vs. 33.3 [+- 7.0] cm;
p < 0.01); however, no differences were found between yoga and control in BA (94.0 [+- 4.4] units vs. 83.8 [+- 3.7] units; p = 0.21) or in RPE at 5-minute intervals (2.9 [+- 0.3], 5.3 [+- 0.8], 5.8 [+- 0.9], and 5.2 [+- 0.8] vs. 2.5 [+- 0.3], 4.0 [+- 0.5], 4.2 [+- 0.3], and 4.9 [+- 0.4]. Yoga training and a single bout of yoga appear to attenuate peak muscle soreness in women following a bout of eccentric exercise. These findings have significant implications for coaches, athletes, and the exercising public who may want to implement yoga training as a preseason regimen or supplemental activity to lessen the symptoms associated with muscle soreness.
