Black currant (blackcurrant) and recovery
What 2 graded rows on black currant (blackcurrant) agree on for recovery, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Black currant (blackcurrant) page, with its PubMed record.
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Black currant (blackcurrant) and recovery
2 rows · 47 peopleSplit. 1 row found an improvement and 1 found no difference.
- DGrade D× 1
- ∅No effect× 1
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 2
- People
- 47
Where they differ
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade D, is a randomized trial of 27 people (2021) and found an improvement. 1 row is graded No effect, our grade for adequately powered trials that found no effect.
The row that found an improvement ran longer (8 days) than the row that found no difference (7 days).
Only the row that found an improvement names men in its population.
The row that found an improvement is newer (2021) than the row that found no difference (2020).
The rows
1 improved · 1 no difference- DGrade DRecovery from exercise-induced muscle damage · Improved
RCT · n 27 · 2021 · Healthy men and women not trained in resistance exercise (UK)
3 g/day · 8 days before and 4 days after strenuous arm exercise
Maximal strength returned to baseline faster, soreness was lower at 24 h (21 vs 40 mm) and 48 h (22 vs 44 mm), and creatine kinase was lower at 96 h than with placebo.
Row on the Black currant (blackcurrant) page · PubMed 34445035 (opens PubMed)
- ∅No effectRecovery after a half-marathon (jump performance, soreness, fatigue) · No difference
RCT · n 20 · 2020 · Recreational runners (8 women)
Two 300 mg capsules/day · 7 days before and 2 days after the race
Countermovement jump measures, muscle soreness and fatigue recovered the same in both groups. Urine interleukin-6 rose 48 hours after the race only in the blackcurrant group.
Row on the Black currant (blackcurrant) page · PubMed 32470924 (opens PubMed)