1. Effect of WGH in take on throwers' weight training.
- Author
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Takanashi, Y., Suzuki, Y., Aoki, K., Koikawa, N., Shinmura, Y., Sakuraba, K., and Kaneko, K.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate how WGH affects pitchers' muscle injuries during strength training. The subjects were five students who are expert athletic throwers (all them have won prizes on a national level). An amount of WGH hat provided a 27.0 g intake glutamine or placebo was taken on five consecutive days. The experiment had a double blind crossover design. To allow sufficient intake WGH or placebo, the examinees took it twice; the internal between the first and the second experiments had to belong enough. To investigate the muscle injury, subjects underwent biochemical examination of their blood (CK, GOT, GPT, LDH, WBC) when they were in a stable condition, immediately after exercise, and after 24 hours after strength training. The results showed that only in the placebo group was an increase and significant (p<0.05) difference in CK between the stable condition to 24 hours after the exercise confirmed. The GOT and GPT levels changed from the stable condition to 24 hours after exercise (GOT: p<0.01, GPT: p<0.05), and it was higher in the placebo group than the experimental group. There was also a significant (p<0.05) difference in the WBC from the stable condition to immediately after exercise, and it showed a higher result in the placebo group. As a consequence, the possibility that WGH intake is useful to control muscle injuries during throwers' strength training was proved. It was also proved that controlling the muscle injury would help improve the efficiency of the training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2012