Does Carbohydrate Supplementation Before and During Exercise Reduce Perceptual Muscle Soreness and Fatigue in Team Sport Athletes?

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  • The purpose of this study was to determine if carbohydrate (CHO) supplementation could reduce perceptual fatigue and muscle soreness in team sport athletes. Eight collegiate women’s lacrosse players played a game with CHO supplementation and a game without CHO supplementation. The game where the subjects consumed the CHOs was randomized. The subjects completed a Pregame and during-game Eating Habits Questionnaire to establish what their eating habits were before the study. Upon testing, subjects consumed 38g of solid CHOs an hour before game time and another 38g of solid CHOs 30 minutes into game time. They were then asked to complete a recovery questionnaire to assess their perceptual fatigue within 30 minutes to an hour and twenty-four hours after completion of the game. They were also asked to record their score on a visual analog scale (VAS) to assess their muscle soreness according to the same time guidelines as the recovery questionnaire. The independent variables were CHO supplementation before game time and during game time. The dependent variables were the scores on the recovery questionnaire and VAS. It was hypothesized that when compared to no CHO consumption before and during exercise, consuming CHO will reduce scores of perceptual fatigue. It was also hypothesized that when compared to no CHO consumption before and during exercise, consuming CHO will reduce VAS scores of muscle soreness. Pilot data showed that there was a decrease in perceptual fatigue but not in perceptual muscle soreness. However, the final data concluded that (1) perceptual fatigue can be reduced with incremental (before and during exercise) CHO supplementation, (2) 76g extra of CHOs is enough to leave athletes feeling less fatigued or sore post-exercise, and (3) team sport athletes can benefit from CHO supplementation habits just as endurance athletes do.

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  • Bachelor

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  • Undergraduate

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  • Kinesiology and Integrated Physiology

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  • Hanover College

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  • Winke, Molly

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Mills, Sarah (HC 2024). Does Carbohydrate Supplementation Before and During Exercise Reduce Perceptual Muscle Soreness and Fatigue In Team Sport Athletes?. Hanover College. 2024. hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/d5484895-f699-4c49-91fb-f37779f8c29f.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

M. S. (. 2024). (2024). Does Carbohydrate Supplementation Before and During Exercise Reduce Perceptual Muscle Soreness and Fatigue in Team Sport Athletes?. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/d5484895-f699-4c49-91fb-f37779f8c29f

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Mills, Sarah (HC 2024). Does Carbohydrate Supplementation Before and During Exercise Reduce Perceptual Muscle Soreness and Fatigue In Team Sport Athletes?. Hanover College. 2024. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/d5484895-f699-4c49-91fb-f37779f8c29f.

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