Ramin AMIRSASAN, PHD

Iran

University of Tabriz, Iran

Head of nutrition committee for Iranian National Wrestling Federation

Current areas of interest:

1) nutrition for wrestlers

2) body composition in wrestling

3) methods of weight control in wrestling

4) supplement use in wrestling

Completed wrestling research:

1) Effect of two doses of branched-chain amino acid supplementation on muscular damage serum index (CK-CKmb-LDH ) after heavy resistance exercise wrestlers

2) Prevalence and effects of rapid weight loss among elite Iranian freestyle and Greco- Roman wrestlers. Investigation of the consumption of nutritional supplements in elite Iranian freestyle and Greco-roman wrestlers and the factors influencing this consumption.