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in the Prevention and Treatment of Resistance Exercise-Induced Skeletal Muscle Injury Tennessee, USA 1. Skeletal Muscle Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 2. Nutritional Supplements to Reduce Skeletal Muscle Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 2.2 from heavy resistance exercise have been studied. Over the past 15 years, several investigations have been performed focused on the role of nutritional supplements to attenuate signs and symptoms of muscle injury. Of these, some have reported favourable results, while many others have reported no benefit of the selected nutrient. Despite these mixed findings, recommendations for the use of nutritional supplements for the purposes of attenuating muscle injury are rampant within the popular fitness media and athletic world, largely without scientific support. Those nutrients include the antioxidant vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and vitamin E (tocoph- erol), N-acetyl-cysteine, flavonoids, L-carnitine, astaxanthin, amino acids, bromelain, proteins and carbohydrates. A discussion of all published peer-reviewed articles in reference to these nutrients and their impact on resis- tance exercise-induced skeletal muscle injury is presented, in addition to a brief view into the potential mechanism of action for each nutrient. symptoms of skeletal muscle injury occurring as a consequence of heavy resis- tance exercise: (i) there appears to be a potential role for certain supplements (vitamin C, vitamin E, flavonoids, and L-carnitine); (ii) these supplements cannot |
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