Can nutritional supplements reduce exercise-induced skeletal muscle damage?

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 30-37

  Bloomer, Richard J ^a   Goldfarb, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Ergogenic aids; Exercise; Muscle damage; Sport nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA HYDROXY BETA METHYLBUTYRATE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COLLAGEN; CREATINE; CREATINE KINASE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCOGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUKOTRIENE; MYOSIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THROMBOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ATHLETE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CATABOLISM; CELL PROTECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0242290216     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00126548-200310000-00005     Document Type: Review

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