Influence of Oral Contraceptive Use on Adaptations to Resistance Training
Dalgaard, L. B., Dalgas, U., Andersen, J. L., Rossen, N. B., Møller, A. B., Stødkilde-Jørgensen, H., Jørgensen, J. O., Kovanen, V., Couppé, C., Langberg, H., Kjær, M., & Hansen, M. (2019). Influence of Oral Contraceptive Use on Adaptations to Resistance Training. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, Article 824. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00824
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Introduction: The majority of young women use oral contraceptives (OCs). Use of OCs has been associated with lower myofibrillar protein and tendon collagen synthesis rates, but it is unknown whether OCs will limit the adaptive response of myotendinous tissue to resistance training.
Design and Methods: Fourteen healthy untrained young regular OC users (24 +/- 1 years, fat% 32 +/- 1, 35 +/- 2 ml.min(-1).kg(-1)) and 14 NOC users (non-OC, controls) (24 +/- 1 years, fat% 32 +/- 2, 34 +/- 2 ml.min(-1).kg(-1)) performed a 10-week supervised lower extremity progressive resistance training program. Before and after the intervention biopsies from the vastus lateralis muscle and the patellar tendon were obtained. Muscle (quadriceps) and tendon cross-sectional area (CSA) was determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, and muscle fiber CSA was determined by histochemistry. Maximal isometric knee extension strength was assessed by dynamometry while 1 repetition maximum (RM) was determined during knee extension.
Results: Training enhanced CSA in both muscle (p < 0.001) and tendon (p < 0.01). A trend toward a greater increase in muscle CSA was observed for OC (11%) compared to NOC (8%) (interaction p = 0.06). Analysis of mean muscle fiber type CSA showed a trend toward an increase in type II muscle fiber area in both groups (p = 0.11, interaction p = 0.98), whereas type I muscle fiber CSA increased in the OC group (n = 9, 3821 +/- 197 to 4490 +/- 313 mm(2), p < 0.05), but not in NOC (n = 7, 4020 +/- 348 to 3777 +/- 354 mm(2), p = 0.40) (interaction p < 0.05). Post hoc analyses indicated that the effect of OCs on muscle mass increase was induced by the OC-users (n = 7), who used OCs containing 30 mu g ethinyl estradiol (EE), whereas the response in users taking OCs with 20 mu g EE (n = 7) did not differ from NOC. Both the OC and NOC group experienced an increase in maximal knee strength (p < 0.001) and 1RM leg extension (p < 0.001) after the training period with no difference between groups.
Conclusion: Use of OCs during a 10-week supervised progressive resistance training program was associated with a trend toward a greater increase in muscle mass and a significantly greater increase in type I muscle fiber area compared to controls. Yet, use of OCs did not influence the overall increase in muscle strength related to training.
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This work was supported by the Ministry of Culture, Denmark, Team Danmark, and the A. P. Møller Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Science.License
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