INJURIES
IN SPORTS
DELAYED
ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS J.M.
Coudreuse1, P. Dupont2,
C. Nicol3
1Service
de Médecine du Sport, CHU Salvator, A.P.H.Marseille,
2Service
de Rééducation, Hôpital de la
Salpétrière, Paris,
3Faculté
des Sciences du Sport de Luminy, Marseille, France
DOMS (Delayed
Onset
Muscle Soreness) occurs frequently in sport. DOMS usually
develops
12-48h after intensive and/or unusual eccentric muscle action. They can
be associated with decreased proprioception and range of motion, as
well as maximal strength. DOMS disappears 2-10 days before complete
functional recovery. Inflammation appears to be the most common
explanation. DOMS should not be considered as an indicator of muscle
damage but, rather, a sign of the regenerative process, which is well
known to contribute to be increase muscle mass. If some treatments are
well known to attenuate DOMS, none has been demonstrated to accelerate
either structural or functional recovery.
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