Ascorbic acid supplementation does not attenuate post-exercise muscle soreness following muscle-damaging exercise but may delay the recovery process

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 976-981

  Close, Graeme L ^a   Ashton, Tony ^b   Cable, Tim ^a   Doran, Dominic ^a   Holloway, Chris ^a   McArdle, Frank ^b   MacLaren, Don P M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Eccentric muscle torque; Exercise; Muscle damage; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RUNNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASCORBIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUNNING;

EID: 33744476941     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061732     Document Type: Article

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