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Background: The effects of consumption of isolated soy protein (ISP) for a chronic period (4 weeks) on exercise induced muscle damage (EIMD) in athletic population have never been explored. Objectives: To examine the effects of ISP on muscle damage indices elicited via a bout of damaging exercise. Patients and Methods: Forty males (20 boxers, 20 cyclists) aged 18 - 28 years were randomly assigned to two groups (ISP and Placebo) (n = 20). All participants who engaged themselves in specific, regular training of 30 hours a week during the competitive season were included in the study. Participants consumed the supplement and the placebo for 4 weeks. The damaging exercise consisted of 100 consecutive drop-jumps. Pre and post supplementation readings of the criterion variables, highly sensitive C reactive protein (hs-cRP), creatine Kinase (CK), myeloperoxidase (MPO), isometric muscle strength, maximum aerobic capacity (VO2 max), heart rate (HR) and muscle soreness were obtained at baseline (Day 1), at 24 hours (Day 2) and at 48 hours (Day 3) following EIMD. Results: Differences were observed in pre and post supplementation values (P < 0.05) indicating the effectiveness of soy protein in attenuating muscle damage and enhancing muscle recovery. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that soy protein; a vegetable based supplement is effective, in ameliorating the negative effects of EIMD in trained athletic population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study which examined the effects of aerobic and resistance training on the cardiovascular health of randomly selected obese females in Punjab, India. The study measured the heart rate (HR), blood pressure, and recovery HR of 30 subjects, who were divided into control, aerobic training, and resistance training groups. The results showed statistically significant differences in recovery HR and lipoproteins. The study also concluded that aerobic training offers more benefits.

The article presents a study which aims to determine the association between angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and the performance of triathletes. Participants of the study which involved Indian Army triathletes were mentioned. Results indicated a positive relationship between ACE gene and the triathletes' endurance.

The article presents study on the development of a prediction equation for fat mass calculation among young Indian adults. The study shows significant difference for height and weight and non significance for fat mass and log in males. It finds out that fat mass' mean difference from the derived equation was 0.16 kilogram for females and -0.3 kilogram for males. These results suggest the association of higher body fat and obesity with increased adverse health event risk and greater mortality.

Purpose: To determine if functional performance deficits are present in athletes with functional ankle instability (FAI) compared to healthy athletes using various functional performance tests., Methods: Sixty two athletes (mean age-21.7±1.8years; height-168.2±9.1cm; weight-63.8±11.0kg) participated in this case control study. Athletes were divided into two groups: athletes with FAI (FAI group, n=31) and healthy athletes (Non-FAI group, n=31). The FAI group was further divided into two subgroups: FAI with giving way (FAI-GW), FAI with no giving way (FAI-NGW). Functional performance was assessed with the single-limb hopping test, figure-of-8 hop test, side-hop test, single-limb hurdle test, square hop test and single hop test., Results: Significant differences (P<0.05) were observed for all the functional performance tests (FPTs) except the single hop test between FAI and Non-FAI groups; between FAI-GW, FAI-NGW and Non-FAI groups. Additionally, the involved limb performed significantly worse (P<0.05) than the contra-lateral uninvolved limb of the FAI-GW group for the above-mentioned FPTs., Conclusion: Significant functional performance deficits were observed in the FAI group in all tests except single hop test with greater deficits observed in the FAI-GW group. Hence, these tests can be used to determine the presence of FAI. However no deficits were identified for the test involving sagittal plane functional activities suggesting that this test can not be used as a criterion to discriminate individuals with FAI. It was further ascertained that functional performance was not affected by limb dominance.