Effects of Whey Protein Supplement on 4-Week Resistance Exercise-Induced Improvements in Muscle Mass and Isokinetic Muscular Function under Dietary Control - PubMed (original) (raw)

Randomized Controlled Trial

. 2023 Feb 16;15(4):1003.

doi: 10.3390/nu15041003.

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Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of Whey Protein Supplement on 4-Week Resistance Exercise-Induced Improvements in Muscle Mass and Isokinetic Muscular Function under Dietary Control

Chae-Been Kim et al. Nutrients. 2023.

Abstract

(1) The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of whey protein supplementation under dietary control on improvements in muscle mass and function following resistance exercise training. (2) Thirty-two men were randomly assigned to a whey protein supplementation group taking whey protein isolate (PSG, n = 17) and a placebo group (CON, n = 15). Participants were provided with three meals per day corresponding to the estimated individual daily energy intake. The supervised resistance exercise program was conducted 60 min per day, six days per week, for four weeks. (3) Post-intervention, there was a significant interaction between groups in terms of muscle mass increase (p = 0.033, η2 = 0.14), with a greater increase in the PSG. There were also significant interactions between the groups and increases in peak torque of the dominant knee flexors (p = 0.048, η2 = 0.12), dominant shoulder extensors, and non-dominant shoulder extensors (p = 0.028, η2 = 0.15; p = 0.015, η2 = 0.18), and the total work of the dominant knee and shoulder extensors (p = 0.012, η2 = 0.19; p = 0.013, η2 = 0.19), with greater increases in the PSG. (4) These results suggest that whey protein supplementation enhances resistance exercise-induced increase in muscle mass and overall muscular strength and endurance, independent of dietary influence.

Keywords: dietary control; isokinetic muscular function; muscle mass; whey protein supplementation.

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Changes in muscle mass after 4 weeks of resistance exercise. PSG, protein supplement group; CON, placebo group; * Significant difference pre versus post at p = 0.033; # significant interaction between the group and the change in muscle mass at p = 0.033.

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(A) Changes in knee peak torque; (B) Changes in shoulder peak torque. PSG, protein supplement group; CON, placebo group; Ext, extensors; Flx, flexors; D, dominant; ND, non-dominant; Nm, Newton-meter. Assessments of peak torque consisted of 60°/s during joint flexion-extension. ** Significantly different within the group at p < 0.01; # significant interaction between the group and the change in peak torque at p < 0.05.

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(A) Changes in knee joint total work; (B) Changes in shoulder joint total work. PSG, protein supplement group; CON, placebo group; Ext, extensors; Flx, flexors; D, dominant; ND, non-dominant joint; J, joule. Assessments of total work were performed at 180°/s during joint flexion-extension. * Significantly different within the group at p < 0.05, ** significantly different within the group at p < 0.01, *** significantly different within the group at p < 0.001; # significant interaction between groups and the change in total work at p < 0.05.

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(A) Changes in knee joint total work; (B) Changes in shoulder joint total work. PSG, protein supplement group; CON, placebo group; Ext, extensors; Flx, flexors; D, dominant; ND, non-dominant joint; J, joule. Assessments of total work were performed at 180°/s during joint flexion-extension. * Significantly different within the group at p < 0.05, ** significantly different within the group at p < 0.01, *** significantly different within the group at p < 0.001; # significant interaction between groups and the change in total work at p < 0.05.

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