Exercise and Intensity : Implications for Oxidative Stress and Muscle Damage

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com This process may be initiated by the loss of intracellular calcium homeostasis which could activate a number of proteolytic and lipolytic systems [2]. Infiltration of mononuclear cells also occurs in the days after unaccustomed exercise. Release of secondary degradation products may increase osmotic pressures in the vicinity of the damage, and this mechanism may then account for the elevated intramuscular fluid pressures and muscle swelling that may occur the days after exercise completion.