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period of TAU supplementation should be needed to prevent from the DOMS and
muscle damages.

18.5 Conclusion

In the present placebo-controlled double-blind study, we confirmed the additional
effect of TAU with BCAA supplementation on the attenuation of the DOMS and
muscle damages induced by ECC in elbow flexor with higher intensity that is unable
to be suppressed by single supplementation of either TAU or BCAA. Therefore, the
additional effect of TAU with BCAA supplementation would be the useful strategy
for attenuation of DOMS and muscle damage after high-intensity ECC.

Acknowledgements We thank Seikatsu Bunkasya Co. Inc. (Chiba, Japan) for helpful discussion
and assistants. This study was supported, in part, by an educational grant from the Seikatsu
Bunkasya Co. Inc. Authors also thank Kasumigaura Research Agency for adult diseases (Ami,
Japan) for masked rapping of amino acid powders for double-blind study.

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