Effects of amino acids supplement on physiological adaptations to resistance training

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1111-1121

  Kraemer, William J ^a   Hatfield, Disa L ^a   Volek, Jeff S ^a   Fragala, Maren S ^a   Vingren, Jakob L ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey M ^a   Spiering, Barry A ^a   Thomas, Gwendolyn A ^a   Ho, Jen Y ^a   Quann, Erin E ^a   Izquierdo, Mikel ^b   Häkkinen, Keijo ^c   Maresh, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Studies Research and Sport Medicine Center   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Body composition; Endocrine; Ergogenic; HMB; Strength

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CITRATE CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PLACEBO; SOMATOMEDIN C; TAURINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650046943     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318194cc75     Document Type: Article

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