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Sep 2026
Acute pre‐exercise oral intake of cacao polyphenols attenuates central fatigue development during sustained low‐intensity ankle dorsiflexion exercise in healthy young male adults
Abstract This double‐blind, randomized, crossover study investigated whether acute cacao polyphenol (CP) ingestion attenuates neuromuscular fatigue in 19 healthy young male adults. After consuming CP or placebo, participants performed sustained isometric ankle dorsiflexion at 25% of maximal voluntary isometric contract...
Ikumi Morikawa, Ashiyu Ono, Yuta Osada et al.
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