Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of American Ginseng on Exercise-induced Muscle Soreness
Lead Sponsor:
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Conditions:
Muscle Damage
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-35 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
Healthy participants will ingest American ginseng daily or a placebo for four weeks prior to engaging in a unaccustomed exercise bout designed to induce mild-moderate muscle soreness. Muscle soreness ...
Detailed Description
Healthy men and women will consume either 2000 mg of American ginseng daily (four 500 mg pills will be taken at four different times during the day always with food/meals) or a placebo (4 cellulose) f...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy men or women, (women must weigh between 55-65 kg., while men must weigh between 75-85kg).
- Participants must not have engaged in any endurance run training in the past 9 months.
Exclusion
- Injured
- Regular runners
- Pregnant (or with any chance they may become pregnant)
- Breast-feeding
- Diabetics or those taking medication for diabetes
- Insomniacs
- Schizophrenics
- Hyper- or hypotension
- Cancer
- Irregular heartbeats
- Heart disease
- Females with endometriosis or uterine fibroids
- Those who have surgery scheduled during the study or within the two weeks following the completion of the study
- Those taking warfarin or medication for depression.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01827696
Start Date
May 1 2013
End Date
December 1 2013
Last Update
March 3 2016
Active Locations (1)
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1
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7