The Effects of Quercetin Supplementation on Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage
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Ilenia Bazzucchi 1,*
, Federica Patrizio 1, Roberta Ceci 2, Guglielmo Duranti 2, Paolo Sgrò 3, Stefania Sabatini 2, Luigi Di Luigi 3, Massimo Sacchetti 1 and Francesco Felici 1
, Federica Patrizio 1, Roberta Ceci 2, Guglielmo Duranti 2, Paolo Sgrò 3, Stefania Sabatini 2, Luigi Di Luigi 3, Massimo Sacchetti 1 and Francesco Felici 1
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Laboratory of Exercise Physiology—Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma “Foro Italico”, Piazza Lauro De Bosis 6, 00135 Roma, Italy
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Laboratory of Biochemistry of Movement—Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma “Foro Italico”, Piazza Lauro De Bosis 6, 00135 Roma, Italy
3
Endocrinology Unit—Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma “Foro Italico”, Piazza Lauro De Bosis 6, 00135 Roma, Italy
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Nutrients 2019, 11(1), 205; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11010205
Received: 7 December 2018 / Revised: 21 December 2018 / Accepted: 16 January 2019 / Published: 21 January 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sport and Performance Nutrition)
The aim of the present investigation was to test the hypothesis that quercetin (Q) may prevent the strength loss and neuromuscular impairment associated with eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage (EEIMD). Twelve young men (26.1 ± 3.1 years) ingested either Q (1000 mg/day) or placebo (PLA) for 14 days using a randomized, double-blind, crossover study design. Participants completed a comprehensive neuromuscular (NM) evaluation before, during and after an eccentric protocol able to induce a severe muscle damage (10 sets of 10 maximal lengthening contractions). The NM evaluation comprised maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) and force–velocity relationship assessments with simultaneous recording of electromyographic signals (EMG) from the elbow flexor muscles. Soreness, resting arm angle, arm circumference, plasma creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were also assessed. Q supplementation significantly increased the isometric strength recorded during MVIC compared to baseline (+4.7%, p < 0.05). Moreover, the torque and muscle fiber conduction velocity (MFCV) decay recorded during the eccentric exercise was significant lower in Q compared to PLA. Immediately after the EEIMD, isometric strength, the force–velocity relationship and MFCV were significantly lower when participants were given PLA rather than Q. Fourteen days of Q supplementation seems able to attenuate the severity of muscle weakness caused by eccentric-induced myofibrillar disruption and sarcolemmal action potential propagation impairment.
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Keywords:
muscle damage; muscle weakness; electromyography
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Bazzucchi, I.; Patrizio, F.; Ceci, R.; Duranti, G.; Sgrò, P.; Sabatini, S.; Di Luigi, L.; Sacchetti, M.; Felici, F. The Effects of Quercetin Supplementation on Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage. Nutrients 2019, 11, 205.
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