Table 3.

Summary of the effects of EPA/DHA supplementation on range of motion.

Reference (Year)	Population (Age)	Dose (Per Day)	Duration	Exercise	Outcome
Lembke et al. (2014) [28]	64 healthy, untrained males and females (over the age of 18 years)	2.70 g EPA and DHA	30 days	Elbow flexor eccentric contractions (2 sets of 30 maximal efforts using the Cybex isokinetic dynamometer)	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 efforts at a 90 °/s using the Kin-Com dynamometer)	Ineffective
Tartibian et al. (2009) [31]	27 healthy males (33.4 ± 4.2 years)	0.324 g EPA and 0.216 g DHA	30 days	40-min bench stepping (knee height step-50 cm on average-at a rate of 15 steps per minute)	Effective
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.