The effect of curcumin supplementation on delayed-onset muscle soreness, inflammation, muscle strength, and joint flexibility: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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Published in Phytotherapy Research
Key Findings
Pooled RCTs show curcumin supplementation significantly improves post-exercise range of motion and reduces creatine kinase and muscle soreness, with dose-response effects.
Conclusions
Curcumin aids recovery of joint range of motion after damaging exercise.
Limitations
Heterogeneous dosing and formulations across included trials.
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Outcomes Measured
To quantify the effects of curcumin supplementation on muscle strength and joint flexibility via assessment of maximal voluntary contraction and range of motion.
Curcumin supplementation significantly reduced serum CK activity [WMD = -65.98 IU/L, 95% CI (-99.53 to -32.44)], muscle soreness [WMD = -0.56, 95% CI (-0.84 to -0.27)], and TNF-α concentration [WMD = -0.22 pg/ml, 95% CI (-0.33 to -0.10)].
To quantify the effects of curcumin supplementation on exercise-induced muscle damage, muscle soreness, inflammatory biomarkers, muscle strength, and joint flexibility
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