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Effect of Spirulina Nigrita® Supplementation on Indices of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage after Eccentric Protocol of Upper Limbs in Apparently Healthy Volunteers.

Nutrients2024The record ↗

  1. Finding, moderate evidenceno difference foundDelayed-onset muscle soreness

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “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.”
    Study
    crossover
    Duration
    15 days
    Dose studied
    about 42 mg/kg body weight per day (6 to 12 capsules of 500 mg), one third before each meal
    Population
    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

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
Apparently healthy, moderately physically active men and women aged 18–30, non-smokers, without regular training
Participants
14
Comparator
placebo
Duration
15 days
Endpoints measured
26