Antioxidants vs placebo: Muscle soreness
Summary of findings: antioxidants showed no clear difference in muscle soreness compared with placebo (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Summary of findings: antioxidants vs placebo Muscle soreness · mainly physically active individuals1 partaking in exercise2 designed to produce delayed onset muscle soreness Summary of findings: antioxidants showed no clear difference in muscle soreness compared with placebo (low certainty). Antioxidants for preventing and reducing muscle soreness after exercise (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 21 studies · 525 participants | Low |
Summary of findings: antioxidants vs placebo Muscle soreness · mainly physically active individuals1 partaking in exercise2 designed to produce delayed onset muscle soreness Summary of findings: antioxidants showed no clear difference in muscle soreness compared with placebo (moderate certainty). Antioxidants for preventing and reducing muscle soreness after exercise (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 41 studies · 936 participants | Moderate |
Summary of findings: antioxidants vs placebo Muscle soreness · mainly physically active individuals1 partaking in exercise2 designed to produce delayed onset muscle soreness Summary of findings: antioxidants showed no clear difference in muscle soreness compared with placebo (low certainty). Antioxidants for preventing and reducing muscle soreness after exercise (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 45 studies · 1047 participants | Low |
Summary of findings: antioxidants vs placebo Muscle soreness · mainly physically active individuals1 partaking in exercise2 designed to produce delayed onset muscle soreness Summary of findings: antioxidants showed no clear difference in muscle soreness compared with placebo (moderate certainty). Antioxidants for preventing and reducing muscle soreness after exercise (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 28 studies · 657 participants | Moderate |
Summary of findings: antioxidants vs placebo Muscle soreness · mainly physically active individuals1 partaking in exercise2 designed to produce delayed onset muscle soreness Summary of findings: antioxidants showed no clear difference in muscle soreness compared with placebo (low certainty). Antioxidants for preventing and reducing muscle soreness after exercise (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 17 studies · 436 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioxidants for preventing and reducing muscle soreness after exercise 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
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