What is it about?
According to the literature, even a single dose of MEL ingested just before exercise prevents inflammation, oxidative stress, and muscle damage. This indole has also displayed beneficial effects on tissue repair and skeletal muscle healing. Furthermore, exogenous MEL ingestion has improved short-term and aerobic performances. From these observations, MEL seems a potential reasonable ergogenic aid with a considerable protective effect from muscle fatigue after intense exercise.
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Why is it important?
Melatonin has no effect on the recovery of physical performance but may affect glucose utilization and lactate metabolism during the team-handball training session.
Perspectives
In this study, the little effect of MEL on performance recovery may be due to the short-term MEL ingestion period. The players who participated in this study were in an intensive training camp and a supplementation during the whole period of the training period could have been more effective. In addition, in future studies, it might be wise to give more recovery before ITS to prevent the effect of fatigue on performance and subsequently hide the effect of MEL. Furthermore, physical and cognitive performances had to be measured at different times after the ITS and not only immediately after the training session. Moreover,the measurement of biochemical parameters, before and after ITS, is necessary in future studies, especially those of oxidative stress, inflammation and muscle damage since they have been accused for the onset of fatigue.
Farjallah Mohamed Amine
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This page is a summary of: Effect of melatonin ingestion on physical performance, metabolic responses, and recovery after an intermittent training session, Physiology International, December 2018, Akademiai Kiado,
DOI: 10.1556/2060.105.2018.4.24.
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