Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2011
A low dose of alcohol does not impact skeletal muscle performance after exercise-induced muscle damage.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Influence of daily beer or ethanol consumption on physical fitness in response to a high-intensity interval training program. The BEER-HIIT study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2020Trial
- Effects of a moderate intake of beer on markers of hydration after exercise in the heat: a crossover study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2015Trial
- Alcohol ingestion impairs maximal post-exercise rates of myofibrillar protein synthesis following a single bout of concurrent training.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Alcohol-Mediated Skeletal Muscle Adaptations and Their Impact on Comorbidities.The American journal of pathology · 2026Review
- Alcohol consumption after downhill running does not affect muscle recovery but prolongs pain perception in East Asian men.Physical activity and nutrition · 2024Article
- Alcohol and Skeletal Muscle in Health and Disease.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2023Review
- Effects of the Non-Alcoholic Fraction of Beer on Abdominal Fat, Osteoporosis, and Body Hydration in Women.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis mechanisms and prevention: A literature review.Journal of sport and health science · 2016Review
- Nutrition and Alcoholic Liver Disease: Effects of Alcoholism on Nutrition, Effects of Nutrition on Alcoholic Liver Disease, and Nutritional Therapies for Alcoholic Liver Disease.Clinics in liver disease · 2016Review
- Alcohol: impact on sports performance and recovery in male athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Review
- Effect of New Zealand blueberry consumption on recovery from eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2012Article
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Abstract
Moderate, acute alcohol consumption after eccentric exercise has been shown to magnify the muscular weakness that is typically associated with exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD). As it is not known whether this effect is dose-dependent, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a low dose of alcohol on EIMD-related losses in muscular performance. Ten healthy males performed 300 maximal eccentric contractions of the quadriceps muscles of one leg on an isokinetic dynamometer. They then consumed either a beverage containing 0.5 g of alcohol per kg bodyweight (as vodka and orange juice) or an isocaloric, isovolumetric non-alcoholic beverage. At least 2 weeks later, they performed an equivalent bout of eccentric exercise on the contralateral leg after which they consumed the other beverage. Measurement of peak and average peak isokinetic (concentric and eccentric) and isometric torque produced by the quadriceps was made before and 36 and 60 h post-exercise. Significant decreases in all measures of muscular performance were observed over time under both conditions (all P < 0.05); however, no difference between treatments was evident at any of the measured time points (all P > 0.05). Therefore, consumption of a low dose of alcohol after damaging exercise appears to have no effect on the loss of force associated with strenuous eccentric exercise.
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