Affiliation:
1. Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, GA
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Purpose
Alcoholics develop muscle atrophy and weakness from excessive ethanol (EtOH) intake. To date, most research has examined outcomes of alcohol-induced atrophy and weakness under basal or unstressed conditions despite physical stress being a normal occurrence in a physiological setting. Therefore, this study set out to determine if recovery of torque is impaired after repetitive bouts of physical stress in skeletal muscle during excessive short-term (experiment 1) and long-term (experiment 2) EtOH consumption.
Methods
Twenty male and female mice were assigned to receive either 20% EtOH in their drinking water or 100% water. Short- and long-term consumption was predetermined to be EtOH intake starting at 4 and 26 wk, respectively. Anterior crural muscles performed repeated bouts of physical stress using in vivo eccentric contractions, with tetanic isometric torque being measured immediately pre- and postinjury. A total of 10 bouts were completed with 14 d between each bout within bouts 1–5 (experiment 1) and bouts 6–10 (experiment 2), and 12 wk between bouts 5 and 6.
Results
Mice consuming EtOH had blood alcohol concentrations up to 270 mg·dL−1. In experiment 1, five bouts of eccentric contractions did not reduce recovery of torque, regardless of sex or EtOH treatment (P ≥ 0.173). Similarly, in experiment 2, preinjury torques did not differ from day 14 values regardless of sex or treatment (P ≥ 0.322). However, there was a group effect in female mice for bouts 6 and 10 during experiment 2, with female EtOH mice being weaker than controls (P ≤ 0.002).
Conclusions
Excessive short- or long-term EtOH misuse in a mouse model did not affect the muscle’s ability to regain strength after repeated bouts of eccentric contractions, suggesting that EtOH may not be as detrimental to recovery as once predicted.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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