Online Continuing Education Courses

Physiological Effects of Overtraining and Detraining

• Identify the predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors of muscle damage and overuse
• Describe muscle damage secondary to metabolic overload and  to mechanical factors
• Summarize the physiological effects of muscle damage
• Compare the damaging effects of isometric, concentric, and eccentric exercises on the muscle
• Identify the increased risk of muscle damage in the young athlete
• List the classification of muscle strain
• Describe the healing of muscle cells and fibers
• Summarize the appropriate management of damage to muscle