The New Zealand Game Industry Board and AgResearch are working hard to prove scientifically – that New Zealand Deer Velvet may have a positive effect on athletic performance.
Although requiring further examination, the latest human clinical trials (conducted by the Otago University Human Performance Cente on behalf of NZGIB and AgResearch) do indicate a possible link between New Zealand Deer Velvet and improved athletic performance on two fronts; improved strength and Endurance in response to training, and improved recovery from muscle tissue damage associated with exercise.
In the first study, scientists at Otago University Human Performance Centre compared the development of muscle strength and Endurance in groups of males taking different forms of New Zealand Deer Velvet to a control group taking a placebo. In the study, 51 male athletes undertook a 12 week period of supervised training during which strength and Endurance were monitored. The group taking a powdered form of New Zealand Deer Velvet antler showed greater improvements in isokinetic strength and muscular Endurance as a result of training than the control group.
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