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ReviewNutrition reviews2026

Influence of Ginger on Exercise-Induced Muscle Pain.

Patrick J O'Connor

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Review in Nutrition reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Patrick J O'ConnorDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-6554, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9249-4938

Funding

The McCormick Science Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The author investigated ginger's potential effects on exercise-induced muscle pain. Initial experiments using a single 2-g dose of capsulized ginger yielded null results, leading to a shift to chronic supplementation experiments. After 11 continuous days of consuming 2 g of either raw or heat-treated ginger, delayed-onset muscle pain caused by eccentric exercise was reduced by 23%-25% compared with placebo. This research appears to have had a substantial impact, as evidenced, in part, by citation metrics as well as an associated increase in scientific and popular interest in ginger's role in health and pain management.

Indexed as

ExerciseMyalgiaPhytotherapyZingiber officinaleDietary SupplementsHumansMuscle, SkeletalPlant ExtractsPlant Extractsexercisegingermusclepainphysical activityZingiber officinale

Identifiers

PMID42186281
PMCPMC13201874

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