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Limnospira platensisFinding

Limnospira platensis has no detected effect on delayed-onset muscle soreness

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The absolute and % change of soreness perception revealed no significant main effect of “intervention” and “time × intervention” indicating that spirulina supplementation did not affect delayed-onset muscle soreness.”
Quoted verbatim from Effect of Spirulina Nigrita® Supplementation on Indices of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage after Eccentric Protocol of Upper Limbs in Apparently Healthy Volunteers.
This finding among the 7 findings on its endpoint

Limnospira platensis

Delayed-onset muscle soreness

no difference found

Who
14 healthy, moderately physically active men and women aged 18 to 30; elbow-flexor eccentric exercise on the non-dominant arm; maltodextrin placebo; six-week washout; soreness assessed 1 to 72 h after the bout
Dose studied
about 42 mg/kg body weight per day (6 to 12 capsules of 500 mg), one third before each meal

Moderate evidencePMID 38892584 · 2024

02 · The study

Study
crossover
Duration
15 days

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Nutrients
What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71KW5951DFCEZZ6VRWBW80S