Unaccustomed exercise consisting of eccentric (ie, lengthening) muscle contractions often
results in muscle damage characterized by ultrastructural alterations in muscle tissue …

Rationale Hamstring injuries are common in elite sports. Muscle injury classification systems
aim to provide a framework for diagnosis. The British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Given the severe side effects associated with most of the
conventional cancer medications, as well as the expanding body of evidence indicating …

Significance: Macrophages are crucial for tissue homeostasis. Based on their activation,
they might display classical/M1 or alternative/M2 phenotypes. M1 macrophages produce pro …

Skeletal muscle contusion is among the most common injuries in traumatology and clinics of
sports medicine. The injured muscle is vulnerable to re-injury owing to fibrosis formation …

This study examined the effects of beetroot juice (BTJ) on recovery between two repeated-
sprint tests. In an independent groups design, 20 male, team-sports players were …

Advanced age is associated with increased incidence of a variety of chronic disease states
which share oxidative stress and inflammation as causative role players. Furthermore, data …

Athletes involved in contact sports are habitually exposed to skeletal-muscle damage in their
training and performance environments. This often leads to exercise-induced muscle …

The ability of muscles to regenerate successfully following damage diminishes with age and
this appears to be a major contributor to the development of muscle weakness and physical …

Intense exercise is a physiological stress capable of inducing the interaction of neutrophils
with muscle endothelial cells and their transmigration into tissue. Mechanisms driving this …