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Effect of American Ginseng on Exercise-induced Muscle Soreness

NCT01827696 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2016-03-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Healthy participants will ingest American ginseng daily or a placebo for four weeks prior to engaging in a unaccustomed exercise bout designed to induce mild-moderate muscle soreness. Muscle soreness will be assessed via decrements in muscle strength and with a self-rating of perceived soreness before and several times after the exercise.

Conditions

  • Muscle Damage

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ginseng

Effect of four weeks of daily Ginseng intake (2gm/day) on muscle soreness following downhill running exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter WR Lemon, PhD · Western University, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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