Here are a few studies looking at ways to decrease muscle soreness and potentially increase perofrmance along with the role of inflammation.
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Do you need to induce muscle damage for growth?
Liquid carbohydrate/essential amino acid ingestion during a short-term bout of resistance exercise suppresses myofibrillar protein degradation.
Changes in inflammatory mediators following eccentric exercise of the elbow flexors.
Systemic inflammatory response to exhaustive exercise. Cytokine kinetics.