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Forty-eight young, healthy male college students (age = 24.8 \u00b1 2.2 years, height = 176.7 \u00b1 5.3 cm, weight = 73.7 \u00b1 8.3 kg) were enrolled in this study, and muscle damage was induced through 50 reps of maximal eccentric muscle contraction. As markers of muscle damage, maximal isometric strength (MIS), muscle soreness, creatine kinase (CK), and aspartate transaminase (AST) were measured. Myostatin A55T genotypes were classified into homozygous myostatin A55T allele (AA, n = 34, 72%), heterozygous myostatin A55T allele (AT, n = 13, 26%), and homozygous mutant carriers (TT, n = 1, 2%). After eccentric exercise, the subjects with heterozygous for AT showed markedly quicker MIS recovery compared to the AA group (p = 0.042). However, there were no significant variations in muscle soreness (p = 0.379), CK (p = 0.955), and AST (p = 0.706) among the groups. 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