MA and exercise performance
muscle soreness, muscle damage, fatigue
INFLAMMATION, OXIDATIVE STRESS
This is the first study to report the effects of MA supplementation on inflammation, oxidative stress, and swimming (treading water) performance in team sport athletes. Contrary to our (and previous studies) hypothesis, the MA ingestion did not affect performance, but suppressed perceptual fatigue and muscle soreness. These results may be linked to the magnitude of inflammation, oxidative stress and muscle damage induced by training in this study being substantially lower than in previous studies [