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Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage
The Sarcomere
Delayed onset muscle soreness is caused by structural damage to the Z disk and myosin and actin filaments.
This image shows a diagram of both a relaxed and injured muscle. The injured muscle is much more contracted than the relaxed muscle.
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