After a tough workout, a certain protein in your pee doesn’t really match up with how sore you feel — it might be more about actual muscle damage than just feeling pain.

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Urinary N-terminal titin fragment concentration as a non-invasive biomarker of exercise-induced muscle damage in males and females

Cross-Sectional Study

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2026 Feb

The study found that a muscle damage marker in urine (UTF) didn’t match how sore people felt after exercise, suggesting it measures actual muscle damage better than pain.

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Urinary N-terminal titin fragment concentration as a non-invasive biomarker of exercise-induced muscle damage in males and females

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DOI: 10.1007/s00421-025-05936-6

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