Assessment of muscle oxygenation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage using near-infrared spectroscopy

Chris McManus; Kelly Murray; Elizabeth Welbourn; Julie Double; Henry Chung; Sally Waterworth; Ben Jones; Chris Cooper

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0341963

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Assessment of muscle oxygenation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage using near-infrared spectroscopy

Chris McManus ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cmcman@essex.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3871-3842

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Kelly Murray,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Welbourn,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5762-6156

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Julie Double,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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Henry Chung,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3285-2892

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Sally Waterworth,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9955-4497

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Ben Jones,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5385-4144

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Chris Cooper

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0381-3990

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Assessment of muscle oxygenation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage using near-infrared spectroscopy

Chris McManus,
Kelly Murray,
Elizabeth Welbourn,
Julie Double,
Henry Chung,
Sally Waterworth,
Ben Jones,
Chris Cooper

Published: February 2, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341963

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