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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2024

Dietary supplementation with plant extracts for amelioration of persistent myofascial discomfort in the cervical and back regions: a randomized double-blind controlled study.

Silvia Pérez-Piñero, Juan Carlos Muñoz-Carrillo, Jon Echepare-Taberna, Antonio J Luque-Rubia, Jose Eduardo Millán Rivero, Macarena Muñoz-Cámara, María Josefa Díaz Silvente, Eloina Valero Merlos, Vicente Ávila-Gandía, Nuria Caturla and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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13 authors.

Silvia Pérez-PiñeroFaculty of Medicine, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Juan Carlos Muñoz-CarrilloFaculty of Medicine, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Jon Echepare-TabernaFaculty of Medicine, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Antonio J Luque-RubiaFaculty of Medicine, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Jose Eduardo Millán RiveroFaculty of Medicine, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Macarena Muñoz-CámaraFaculty of Medicine, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
María Josefa Díaz SilventeHealth Sciences PhD Program, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Eloina Valero MerlosFaculty of Nursing, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Vicente Ávila-GandíaFaculty of Medicine, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Nuria CaturlaMonteloeder S.L., Elche, Spain.
Pau NavarroMonteloeder S.L., Elche, Spain.
María CabreraMonteloeder S.L., Elche, Spain.
Francisco Javier López-RománFaculty of Medicine, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Back pain is a common health problem that affects both workers and older people, reducing their quality of life. The primary objective was to assess the effect of dietary supplementation with plant extracts of rosemary, ashwagandha, and sesame consumed for 12 weeks on the intensity of back pain. Methods: A single-center randomized double-blind study with three parallel arms depending on the product consumed. The duration of treatment was 12 weeks. The investigational product, Berelief Results: The improvement in back pain recorded by the visual analogue scale (VAS) at the study visits after the beginning of treatment, as well as on a weekly basis recorded in the diary card was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the placebo group ( Conclusion: Dietary supplementation for 12 weeks of a blend of polyphenolic standardized extracts of rosemary, ashwagandha, and sesame was effective in reducing the intensity of pain in subjects with chronic myofascial cervical and back pain.

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ashwagandhaback painfood supplementherbal extractsquality of liferandomized clinical trialrosemarysesame

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