Effects of a combined protein and antioxidant supplement on recovery of muscle function and soreness following eccentric exercise.

What Was Tested

This randomized controlled trial looks at Copper (Supplement).

An acute bout of eccentric contractions (ECC) cause muscle fiber damage, inflammation, impaired muscle function (MF) and muscle soreness (MS).

Who Took Part

PubMed indexes the participants as young adults, men only.

Immediately, 6 h, and 22 h post-ECC, participants consumed either: carbohydrate control (CHO; n = 14), PRO (n = 16), or PRO + AO (n = 17).

How the Study Was Run

The researchers set it up as a randomized, single-blind and parallel-group study.

Because people in this Copper (Supplement) study were split into groups at random, differences between the groups are less likely to reflect who happened to join each one.

In this single-blind Copper (Supplement) study one party knew the assignments and the other did not.

The Copper (Supplement) group and the comparison group ran side by side rather than switching.

Sixty sedentary college-aged males participated in a randomized, single-blind, parallel design study of peak isometric torque (PIMT), peak isokinetic torque (PIKT), thigh circumference (TC), and muscle soreness (MS) of knee extensor muscles measured at baseline, immediately after and 1, 2, 6, and 24 h after completion of 100 maximal ECC.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Antioxidants, Dietary Proteins, Dietary Supplements, Exercise, Muscle, Skeletal, Myalgia and Torque.

Author keywords: Antioxidant supplementation, Eccentric exercise, Free radicals, Muscle damage, Muscle function and Protein intake.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized, single-blind and parallel-group study of Copper (Supplement).

Its findings take up roughly 6 sentences of the abstract and are left out here on purpose; the source paper is the place to read them.

The publication is from 2017 (Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition), a journal based in United States.

More context: the Copper (Supplement) compound page, all human trials.