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Effect of American Ginseng on Exercise-induced Muscle Soreness

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What is being tested

Ginseng

+ Ginseng

Dietary Supplement
Who is being recruted

From 18 to 35 Years
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How is the trial designed

Prevention Study

Placebo-ControlledPhase 1
Interventional
Study Start: May 2013
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Summary

Principal SponsorLondon Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Last updated: March 3, 2016
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Study start date: May 1, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

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) for four weeks prior to engaging in a 40 minute downhill treadmill jog (12% decline) at a speed of 7 miles per hour. Participants will consume one pill with breakfast, one pill with lunch, one pill with dinner and another pill with a snack either between meals or prior to bedtime. The exercise will be consist of five, eight minute bouts of jogging with two minutes of rest/recovery in between. The degree of muscle soreness will be assessed using a Biodex strength testing machine (isometric and concentric isokinetic torque), and a self-rating of perceived soreness on a scale from zero to ten. All of the above measures will be taken before and several times after the downhill jogging protocol.

NCT01827696
Principal SponsorLondon Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Last updated: March 3, 2016
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

10 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Prevention Study

Prevention studies aim to stop a disease from developing. They often involve people at risk and test things like vaccines, lifestyle changes, or preventive medications.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 35 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

2 inclusion criteria required to participate
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
14 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Breast-feeding
Cancer
Diabetics or those taking medication for diabetes
Females with endometriosis or uterine fibroids
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Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

50% chance of being blinded to the placebo group

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
American Ginseng ingestion

Group II

Placebo
non-active ingredient

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

University of Western Ontario

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CompletedOne Study Center