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Examining the effect of Withania somnifera supplementation on muscle strength and recovery: a randomized controlled trial.
What moved
1 findingHow to read these marks →- Increases total testosterone
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“The increase in testosterone level was significantly greater with ashwagandha supplementation than with the placebo (Placebo: 18.00 ng/dL, 95 % CI, -15.83, 51.82 vs. Ashwagandha: 96.19 ng/dL, 95 % CI, 54.86, 137.53; p = 0.004).”
- Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 8 weeks
- Dose studied
- 300 mg twice daily
- Population
- Healthy men aged 18 to 50 years, both arms undertaking the same 8-week resistance training program; change from baseline
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Healthy young men aged 18 to 50 years with little experience in resistance training, recruited near a gymnasium; both groups did the same supervised resistance training program; KSM-66 root extract (Ixoreal BioMed), plant part root; 57 recruited, 50 completed (25 per group)
- Participants
- 57
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 56 days
- Endpoints measured
- 25