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. 2020 Aug 24;53(2):384–393. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002476

TABLE 2.

Study design for nonisocaloric interventions.

Study Sample Size (n) Exercise Type Exercise Time (min) Recovery Time (h) Treatment Energy (kcal) CHO (g) Pro (g) CHO (g·kg−1⋅h−1) Pro (g·kg−1⋅h−1) Glycogen Synthesis Glycogen Measurement Method
Beelen et al. (21) 14 (14M) Intermittent cycle ergometer; 50%–90% V˙O2max 106 4 CHO 2062 515.5 1.80 31a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 2578 515.5 128.9 1.80 0.45 34a
Betts et al. (22) 6 (6M) Treadmill running; 70% V˙O2max 90 4 CHO 945 236.2 0.80 12.3a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 1299 236.2 88.6 0.80 0.30 12.1a
Howarth et al. (13) 6 (6M) Intermittent cycle ergometer; 50%–80% V˙O2max 120 4 CHO 1296 324 0.90 23a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 1728 324 108 0.90 0.30 25a
Ivy et al. (9) 7 (7M) Cycle ergometry 70% V˙O2max; sprint to exhaustion 150 4 CHO 864 216 0.73 7.3b Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
CHO-PRO 864 160 56 0.54 0.19 12.0b
Jentjens et al. (26) 8 (8M) Intermittent cycle ergometer 50%–90% V˙O2max 135 3 CHO 1002 250.6 1.20 40a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 1336 250.6 83.5 1.20 0.40 25a
Kammer et al. (27) 12 (8M, 4F) Cycle ergometry 60%–65% V˙O2max 120 2 CHO 314 78.5 1.10 6.2c Plate assay, wet weight
CHO-PRO 410 77 19.5 1.08 0.27 7.3c
Tarnopolsky et al. (30) 16 (8M, 8F) Cycle ergometry 65% V˙O2max 90 4 CHO 536 134 0.50 37.2a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 480 100.5 13.4 0.38 0.05 24.6a
van Loon et al. (8) 8 (8M) Intermittent cycle ergometer; 50%–90% V˙O2max 100 5 CHO 1120 280 0.80 16.4a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 1680 280 140 0.80 0.40 35.4a
Van Hall et al. (14) 5 (5M) Intermittent cycle ergometer 50%–90% V˙O2max NR 4 CHO 492 123 0.42 39.8a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 640 123 37 0.42 0.13 36.5a
Van Hall et al. (31) 8 (8M) Intermittent cycle ergometer 50%–90% V˙O2max NR 3 CHO 692 173 0.80 28.0a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 952 173 65 0.80 0.30 34.0a
Williams et al. (10) 8 (8M) Intermittent cycle ergometer 65%–85% V˙O2max 120 4 CHO 168 42 0.16 17.3a Plate assay, dry weight
CHO-PRO 536 106 28 0.39 0.10 39.8a
Yaspelkis et al. (32) 12 (12M) Intermittent cycle ergometer 50%–80% V˙O2max 120 3 CHO 864 216 1.00 6.0c Plate assay, wet weight
CHO-PRO 933 216 17.3 1.00 0.08 8.2c
Zawadzki et al. (11) 9 (9M) Intermittent cycle ergometer 50%–85% V˙O2max 120 4 CHO 896 224 0.77 26.7d Plate assay, wet weight
CHO-PRO 1222 224 81.4 0.77 0.28 35.5d

Values are presented as mean.

ammol·kg−1 muscle dry weight·h−1.

bmmol·L−1·h−1.

cμmol·g−1 muscle wet weight·h−1.

dμmol·g−1 muscle protein concentration.

M, males; F, females.