Table 1.

Summary of the effects of EPA/DHA supplementation on muscle strength deficit.

Reference (year)	Population (Age)	Dose (Per Day)	Duration	Exercise	Outcome
Houghton and Onambele (2012) [34]	17 healthy females (20.4 ± 2.3 years)	0.36 g EPA	3 weeks	Resistance exercise (leg flexions, leg extensions, straight leg dead lifts, walking lunges; 3 set of 10 repetitions at 70%1RM)	Ineffective
DiLorenzo et al. (2014) [35]	41 healthy, untrained males (21.8 ± 2.7 years)	2.0 g DHA	4 weeks	Elbow flexor eccentric contractions (6 sets of 10 repetitions at 140%1RM using dumbbell)	Ineffective
Lenn et al. (2002) [36]	13 males (22.7 ± 3.9 years) and 9 females (24.5 ± 5.5 years)	0.287 g EPA and 0.194 g DHA	30 days	Elbow flexor eccentric contractions (50 maximal effort at a 90 °/s using the Kin-Com dynamometer)	Ineffective
Gray et al. (2014) [38]	20 healthy, untrained males (23.0 ± 2.3 years)	1.30 g EPA and 0.30 g DHA	6 weeks	Knee extensor eccentric contractions (20 sets of 10 repetitions at a 0.52 rads/s using the Biodex isokinetic dynamometer)	Ineffective
Tsuchiya et al. (2016) [20]	24 healthy, untrained males (19.5 ± 0.8 years)	0.60 g EPA and 0.26 g DHA	8 weeks	Elbow flexor eccentric contractions (6 sets of maximal 5 repetitions at a 30 °/s using the Biodex isokinetic dynamometer)	Effective
Ochi et al. (2017) [29]	21 healthy, untrained males (21.0 ± 0.8 years)	0.60 g EPA and 0.26 g DHA	8 weeks	Elbow flexor eccentric contractions (6 sets of 10 repetitions at 40%1RM, 30 °/s using dumbbell)	Effective

EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid.