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Cyclic movement frequency is associated with muscle typology in athletes

Tine Bex (UGent) , Audrey Baguet (UGent) , Eric Achten (UGent) , Peter Aerts (UGent) , Dirk De Clercq (UGent) and Wim Derave (UGent)
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There is a continuing research interest in the muscle fiber type composition (MFTC) of athletes. Recently, muscle carnosine quantification by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-MRS) was developed as a new non-invasive method to estimate MFTC. This cross-sectional study aims to better understand estimated MFTC in relation to (a) different disciplines within one sport; (b) cyclic sport exercise characteristics; (c) within-athlete variability; and (d) athlete level. A total of 111 elite athletes (74 runners, 7 triathletes, 11 swimmers, 14 cyclists and 5 kayakers) and 188 controls were recruited to measure muscle carnosine in gastrocnemius and deltoid muscle by 1 H-MRS. Within sport disciplines, athletes were divided into subgroups (sprint-, intermediate-, and endurance-type). The controls were used as reference population to allow expression of the athletes' data as Z-scores. Within different sports, endurance-type athletes systematically showed the lowest Z-score compared to sprint-type athletes, with intermediate-type athletes always situated in between. Across the different sports disciplines, carnosine content showed the strongest significant correlation with cyclic movement frequency (R = 0.86, P = 0.001). Both within and between different cyclic sports, estimated MFTC was divergent between sprint- and endurance-type athletes. Cyclic movement frequency, rather than exercise duration came out as the most determining factor for the optimal estimated MFTC in elite athletes.
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Cyclic sports, contractile properties, carnosine, BETA-ALANINE SUPPLEMENTATION, HUMAN SKELETAL-MUSCLE, FIBER-TYPE PROPORTION, UNTRAINED MUSCLES, ENZYME-ACTIVITIES, CARNOSINE, PERFORMANCE, EXERCISE, RUNNERS

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Bex, Tine, et al. “Cyclic Movement Frequency Is Associated with Muscle Typology in Athletes.” SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS, vol. 27, no. 2, 2017, pp. 223–29, doi:10.1111/sms.12648.
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Bex, T., Baguet, A., Achten, E., Aerts, P., De Clercq, D., & Derave, W. (2017). Cyclic movement frequency is associated with muscle typology in athletes. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS, 27(2), 223–229. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12648
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Bex, Tine, Audrey Baguet, Eric Achten, Peter Aerts, Dirk De Clercq, and Wim Derave. 2017. “Cyclic Movement Frequency Is Associated with Muscle Typology in Athletes.” SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS 27 (2): 223–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12648.
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Bex, Tine, Audrey Baguet, Eric Achten, Peter Aerts, Dirk De Clercq, and Wim Derave. 2017. “Cyclic Movement Frequency Is Associated with Muscle Typology in Athletes.” SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS 27 (2): 223–229. doi:10.1111/sms.12648.
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Bex T, Baguet A, Achten E, Aerts P, De Clercq D, Derave W. Cyclic movement frequency is associated with muscle typology in athletes. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS. 2017;27(2):223–9.
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T. Bex, A. Baguet, E. Achten, P. Aerts, D. De Clercq, and W. Derave, “Cyclic movement frequency is associated with muscle typology in athletes,” SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 223–229, 2017.
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  abstract     = {{There is a continuing research interest in the muscle fiber type composition (MFTC) of athletes. Recently, muscle carnosine quantification by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-MRS) was developed as a new non-invasive method to estimate MFTC. This cross-sectional study aims to better understand estimated MFTC in relation to (a) different disciplines within one sport; (b) cyclic sport exercise characteristics; (c) within-athlete variability; and (d) athlete level. A total of 111 elite athletes (74 runners, 7 triathletes, 11 swimmers, 14 cyclists and 5 kayakers) and 188 controls were recruited to measure muscle carnosine in gastrocnemius and deltoid muscle by 1 H-MRS. Within sport disciplines, athletes were divided into subgroups (sprint-, intermediate-, and endurance-type). The controls were used as reference population to allow expression of the athletes' data as Z-scores. Within different sports, endurance-type athletes systematically showed the lowest Z-score compared to sprint-type athletes, with intermediate-type athletes always situated in between. Across the different sports disciplines, carnosine content showed the strongest significant correlation with cyclic movement frequency (R = 0.86, P = 0.001). Both within and between different cyclic sports, estimated MFTC was divergent between sprint- and endurance-type athletes. Cyclic movement frequency, rather than exercise duration came out as the most determining factor for the optimal estimated MFTC in elite athletes.}},
  author       = {{Bex, Tine and Baguet, Audrey and Achten, Eric and Aerts, Peter and De Clercq, Dirk and Derave, Wim}},
  issn         = {{0905-7188}},
  journal      = {{SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS}},
  keywords     = {{Cyclic sports,contractile properties,carnosine,BETA-ALANINE SUPPLEMENTATION,HUMAN SKELETAL-MUSCLE,FIBER-TYPE PROPORTION,UNTRAINED MUSCLES,ENZYME-ACTIVITIES,CARNOSINE,PERFORMANCE,EXERCISE,RUNNERS}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{223--229}},
  title        = {{Cyclic movement frequency is associated with muscle typology in athletes}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12648}},
  volume       = {{27}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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