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Trial reportPloS one2016

Pomegranate Supplementation Accelerates Recovery of Muscle Damage and Soreness and Inflammatory Markers after a Weightlifting Training Session.

Achraf Ammar, Mouna Turki, Hamdi Chtourou, Omar Hammouda, Khaled Trabelsi, Choumous Kallel, Osama Abdelkarim, Anita Hoekelmann, Mohamed Bouaziz, Fatma Ayadi and 2 more

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Trial report in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02697903 (Pomegranate Supplementation Accelerates the Recovery Kinetics of Muscle Damage, Muscle Soreness and Inflammatory Marker After Weightlifting Training Session.), which is not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Pomegranate Supplementation Accelerates the Recovery Kinetics of Muscle Damage, Muscle Soreness and Inflammatory Marker After Weightlifting Training Session.

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of SfaxRan2015 to 2015Enrolled9ConditionsHealthyArmsNatural Pomegranate Juice, Placebo Juice
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Achraf AmmarResearch Unit: Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé, UR15JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Mouna TurkiLaboratory of Biochemistry, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia.
Hamdi ChtourouResearch Unit: Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé, UR15JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Omar HammoudaLaboratory of Biochemistry, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia.
Khaled TrabelsiLaboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia.
Choumous KallelLaboratory of Hematology, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisia.
Osama AbdelkarimInstitute of Sport Science, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Anita HoekelmannInstitute of Sport Science, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Mohamed BouazizElectrochemistry and Environment Laboratory, ENIS, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia.
Fatma AyadiLaboratory of Biochemistry, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia.
Tarak DrissResearch Center on Sport and Movement (EA 2931), University of Paris Ouest La Defense, Nanterre, France.
Nizar SouissiNational Observatory of Sport, Tunis, Tunisia.
Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba · TNOtto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg · DEUniversité Paris Nanterre · FRCentre of Biotechnology of Sfax · TNInstitut Supérieur du Sport et de l’Éducation Physique de Sfax · TNUniversity of Sfax · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of natural Pomegranate juice supplementation on performance and acute and delayed responses of muscle soreness and biomarkers of muscle damage after a weightlifting training session.

methodsNine elite weightlifters (21±0.5 years) performed two Olympic-Weightlifting-sessions after either placebo (PLA) or natural pomegranate juice (POMj) supplementations. Heart rate, blood pressure and blood samples (hematological parameters, muscle damage and C-reactive protein (CRP)) were collected at rest, 3min and 48h after each session. Weightlifting performance, RPE, and DOMS were also assessed after each training session.

resultsT-test showed higher performance (+8.30%) and lower RPE values (-4.37%) using POMj supplementation (p<0.05) in comparison with PLA. For the DOMS values, a significant improvement (13.4%) was shown only for the knee extensors (p<0.01) using the POMj. Compared to PLA condition, POMj attenuated the acute (i.e., 3min) increase of systolic blood pressure (SBP), HR, CK and LDH (p<0.05; -4.46%, -1.81%, -8.75%, -1.64%, respectively) and blunted the significant increase of ASAT, PAL and CRP (p>0.05). Additionally, during the 48h following the training session, POMj improved the recovery kinetic of SBP (p<0.01, 7.97%), CK (p<0.001, 11.34%), LDH (p<0.05, 7.30%) and ASAT (p<0.05, 6.77%). Indeed, the present study showed that 48h of recovery associated to natural POMj supplementation was sufficient to reach the resting values of the selected muscle damage markers after intensive training session.

conclusionNatural POMj seems to ameliorate the capacity to adhere to an intensive training program. Therefore, elite weightlifters are advised to use natural POMj during intensive training program and competition to accelerate muscle recovery.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02697903.

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Dietary SupplementsWeight LiftingAspartate AminotransferasesAthletic PerformanceBeveragesBiomarkersBlood PressureC-Reactive ProteinCreatine KinaseHumansL-Lactate DehydrogenaseLythraceaeMaleMuscle, SkeletalMyalgiaPhenolsAspartate AminotransferasesBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinCreatine KinaseL-Lactate DehydrogenasePhenols

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PMID27764091
PMCPMC5072630
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