(1.Laboratory of Laser Sports Medicine and Research Center of Nationalistic Constitution and Health,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China;2.Guangdong Vocational Institute of Sports,Guangzhou 510663,China) Abstract: From the perspective of function specific homeostasis, the authors analyzed such a sign as that the proc-ess of EIMD/DOMS affected the normal exertion of sports performance but preventive measures were mostly inef-fective, and revealed the following findings: in EIMD/DOMS induced by exhaustive exercising, skeletal protein metabolism kept away from protein metabolism specific homeostasis (PmSH), and the recovery of EIMD/DOMS was delayed, but the intervention of exogenous favorable factors could promote the recovery of EIMD/DOMS; in EIMD/DOMS induced by non exhaustive exercising, protein metabolism was at PmSH, EIMD/DOMS recovered normally, so exogenous factors had no significant effects on EIMD/DOMS. Key words: exercise physiology;exercise-induced skeletal muscle damage;delayed onset muscle soreness;homeostasis;protein metabolism;summary |