PapersPMID:41915342
Effects of New Zealand blackcurrant extract supplementation on muscle damage, oxidative stress, and inflammatory markers following high-intensity training in elite taekwondo athletes: a randomized, double-blind trial.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
- Study, every finding
- RCT · 7 days
- Dose studied, every finding
- 600 mg per day (300 mg morning, 300 mg evening), about 210 mg anthocyanins per day, 7 days
- Population, every finding
- male elite taekwondo athletes during 7 days of repeated high-intensity training, NZBC versus placebo
What moved
How to read these marks →“Pro-inflammatory cytokines showed consistent divergence: TNF-α rose in placebo but declined in NZBC (F = 40.848, p < 0.001), while IL-6 increased in placebo and decreased in NZBC (F = 11.734, p = 0.001).”
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Professional male elite taekwondo athletes in active national-level training, without chronic disease or injury, undergoing repeated high-intensity training
- Participants
- 29
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 7 days
- Endpoints measured
- 25