Acute arginine supplementation fails to improve muscle endurance or affect blood pressure responses to resistance training

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1789-1794

  Greer, Beau K ^a   Jones, Brett T ^a  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Ergogenic aids; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ARGININE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; L ARGININE ALPHA KETOGLUTARATE; L-ARGININE ALPHA-KETOGLUTARATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960089497     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181e07569     Document Type: Article

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