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Delayed onset muscle soreness is caused by microscopic damage to muscle fibers during exercise

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Scientific literature consistently supports the consensus that delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is triggered by microscopic mechanical damage to muscle fibers, particularly from eccentric exercise, leading to localized inflammation and elevated muscle damage markers.

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The retrieved papers examine exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) and delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) as physiological phenomena driven by mechanical stress, micro-damage, and subsequent inflammatory responses. The evidence uniformly aligns with the claim that microscopic muscle damage causes DOMS.

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Yoko Tanabe, Naoto Fujii, Katsuhiko Suzuki. Dietary Supplementation for Attenuating Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage and Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness in Humans. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14010070

This review highlights that exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) and delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) are caused by mechanical stress and subsequent inflammatory responses.

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Roy Januardi Irawan, Soni Sulistyarto, Nanda Rimawati. Kencur Supplementation for Attenuating Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage and Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness. 2024. https://doi.org/10.15294/kemas.v19i3.42151

This study evaluates delayed-onset muscle soreness following eccentric exercise by measuring creatine kinase (CK) plasma levels as a recognized marker of muscle damage.

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Feng-lei Li. Effect of Massage Before or After Exercise on Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness in a Rat Model. 2021. https://doi.org/10.23880/jobd-16000214

This study investigates muscle mechanical stimulation and establishes a model linking exercise to skeletal muscle injury and subsequent inflammatory reactions characteristic of DOMS.

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first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8601 Aug 2026
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