| Effect | Increase |
| Trial Design | Double blind |
| Trial Length | 1-2 Weeks |
| Number of Subjects | 8 |
| Sex | Male |
| Age Range | 18-29 |
| Body Types | Untrained, Average |
This study used an exhaustive week-long exercise protocol (two sessions of cycling daily) where after the last session, as well as nine times more over the next three days, either the experimental group (200mg/kg D-ribose paired with 200mg/kg sucrose at each dose) or control group (200mg/kg maltodextrin replacing the D-ribose) were assessed after three days rest.
Inclusion of D-ribose was associated with a greater rate of ATP replenishment in the tested muscle after three days when compared to placebo, and no difference between groups was noted after a single day of rest. No differences in glycogen resynthesis rates between D-ribose and maltodextrin.
This was a crossover study.
