A recent study challenges the belief that aging muscles are less resilient, showing that older adults experience less muscle soreness and damage post-exercise compared to younger individuals. Research published in the Journal of Ageing and Physical Activity analyzed data from 36 studies, revealing that older adults had 34% less soreness at 48 hours and 62% at 72 hours after exercise. Their creatine kinase levels, an indicator of muscle damage, were also significantly lower. This suggests that older adults can maintain physical activity without fearing prolonged muscle weakness or loss of function.
Interestingly, sex appeared to play a role in muscle function recovery, with males showing slightly greater decreases in muscle function after exercise than females.
Researchers found that older adults do not experience greater muscle function loss after exercise compared with younger individuals.
One striking discovery was that muscle soreness was consistently lower in older adults, with reductions of around 34% at 48 hours and 62% at 72 hours.
These findings are significant because they challenge the widespread belief that ageing muscles recover more slowly or are more prone to exercise-induced damage.
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