Jordan Philpott, Mark Kern, Shirin Hooshmand, Imogene Carson, Vernon Rayo, Elise North, Lauren Okamoto, Timothy O'Neil, Mee Young Hong, Changqi Liu, Gillian Dreczkowski, Nidia Rodriguez-Sanchez, Oliver C Witard, Stuart D Galloway
We aimed to investigate the impact of pistachio nut consumption on muscle soreness and function following exercise-induced muscle damage. Using a randomised cross-over design, male team-sport players ( n = 18) performed a 40-minute downhill treadmill run to induce muscle damage, which was conducted after 2-wks of consuming either control (CON, water), a standard dose of daily pistachios (STD, 42.5 g/d) or a higher dose of daily pistachios (HIGH, 85 g/d). Lower limb muscle soreness (visual analogue scale), muscle function (maximal voluntary isokinetic torque and vertical jump), and blood markers of muscle damage/inflammation (creatine kinase, C-reactive protein, myoglobin, superoxide dismutase) were measured pre (baseline) and post (24, 48, and 72 h) exercise...
August 18, 2023: European Journal of Sport Science