Effect of high dose vitamin C supplementation on muscle soreness, damage, function, and oxidative stress to eccentric exercise

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-280

  Bryer, S C ^a   Goldfarb, A H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Glutathione; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANGE OF MOTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33745447391     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.16.3.270     Document Type: Article

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