Muscle Strength
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the research is two-fold. One goal is to determine if post-exercise almond or cereal bar consumption can promote muscle gain as well as increasing muscular strength throughout an eight-week weight training program. The other goal is to assess the short-term effects of almonds or cereal bar on recovery that may explain the overall long-term adaptations.
Interventions
OTHERCereal Bar as a recovery food snack
Cereal bar as a recovery snack food
OTHERAlmond
Almond as a recovery snack food
Sponsors
San Diego State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* BMIs of 18.5-30 kg/m2 * participate in no more than 3 hours of structured exercise per week
Exclusion criteria
* weight training more than 30 min/week, * smoking, * use of medications known to impact inflammation, * musculoskeletal limitations, * use of supplements within 1 month of participation that are known to impact body composition, antioxidant or inflammatory status, * regular consumption of more than 2 servings of nuts per week, * unwillingness to refrain from recovery treatments during the study such as hydrotherapy, massage, stretching, compression garments, anti-inflammatory medications and topical applications.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| delayed onset of muscle soreness | baseline, 24 hour, 48 hour, and 72 hour after baseline | measuring delayed onset of muscle soreness using visual analogue scale (VAS) |
| markers of muscle damage | Baseline, 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour after baseline | Blood markers of muscle damage (creatine kinase (u/L)) |
| changes in strength | Baseline and 8 weeks | muscle cross-sectional area of the calf via peripheral quantitative computerized tomography (pQCT) |
| changes in body composition | Baseline and 8 weeks | measuring body composition by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactMark Kern, PhD, RD
Outcome results
None listed