SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Citrulline malate enhances athletic anaerobic performance and relieves muscle soreness.
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- This randomized crossover study tested whether a single dose of citrulline malate improves repeated bench-press performance and postexercise soreness.
- Who / model studied
- Forty-one men completed two consecutive pectoral-training protocols in a double-blind, two-period crossover design.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Each participant received 8 g citrulline malate before one session and placebo before the other, then performed eight bench-press sets to fatigue at 80% of one-repetition maximum.
- What the study found
- Repetitions increased from the third evaluated set onward, reaching 52.92% more in the final set. Reported soreness was 40% lower at 24 and 48 hours. Stomach discomfort occurred in 14.63%.
- Limitations & context
- The abstract reports an acute session, not chronic training adaptation, and does not provide arm-specific variance estimates or longer-term safety outcomes.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0b013e3181cb28e0