Branched-chain amino acid supplementation attenuates muscle soreness, muscle damage and inflammation during an intensive training program.

Kinzo Matsumoto, Takashige Koba, Koichiro Hamada, Masaru Sakurai, Tomoko Higuchi, Hirofumi Miyata

PubMed · 2009 · 86 citations · 0 references

Abstract

These results demonstrate that BCAA supplementation during an intensive training program effectively reduces the muscle soreness and fatigue sensation, and that the perceived changes could be attributed to the attenuation of muscle damage and inflammation.