Objective measures of stiffness and ratings of pain and stiffness in the gastrocnemii following delayed-onset muscle soreness

Although DOMS was found to affect objective measures of muscle stiffness, these changes were not associated with subjective ratings. Future studies could replicate this study using other myotonometry methods to further investigate muscle stiffness and involve a larger cohort. Other work should investigate muscle stiffness in clinical musculoskeletal conditions resulting from injury or chronic pain.