ReviewNutrients2021
Dietary Supplementation for Attenuating Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage and Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness in Humans.
Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Beetroot Juice Supplementation as a Healthy Aging Strategy Through Improving Physical Performance and Cognitive Functions: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- It's Dead! Can Postbiotics Really Help Performance and Recovery? A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Does Co-Supplementation with Beetroot Juice and Other Nutritional Supplements Positively Impact Sports Performance?: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
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- Synbiotic supplementation effects on muscle damage and inflammation in professional futsal players in a randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Short-Term Effects of Broccoli-Derived Glucoraphanin on Recovery from Eccentric Muscle Damage: A Double-Blind Randomized Crossover Study.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Capsaicin's Role in Mitigating Muscle Soreness and Enhancing Futsal Players' Recovery After Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- The effect of lesser mealworm protein on exercise-induced muscle damage in active older adults: a randomized controlled trial.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Trial
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- Astragalosides Supplementation Enhances Intrinsic Muscle Repair Capacity Following Eccentric Exercise-Induced Injury.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: effects of dietary antioxidants on exercise and sports performance.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Review
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- Dietary Supplements and Oxidative Stress Management in Young Adults Following Intensive Exercise: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis of the Skeletal Muscle Revealed the Effects and Mechanism of Mulberry Leaf Flavonoids on Alleviating Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Mongolian Horses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Mechanism of Morchella polysaccharide in anti-fatigue: the role of the gut microbiota-metabolite axis in mice.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
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- Physical exercise therapy as an anti-aging strategy for osteosarcopenia: a narrative review.Frontiers in aging · 2026Review
- Application of Exercise/Training Models to Evaluate Food Functionality with Special Focus on Preventing Inflammation and Oxidative Stress and Enhancing Exercise Performance.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Can Dietary Supplements Support Muscle Function and Physical Activity? A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Reduction of Muscle Damage Indices by ConsumingHealth science reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Dietary supplements are widely used as a nutritional strategy to improve and maintain performance and achieve faster recovery in sports and exercise. Exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) is caused by mechanical stress and subsequent inflammatory responses including reactive oxygen species and cytokine production. Therefore, dietary supplements with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties have the potential to prevent and reduce muscle damage and symptoms characterized by loss of muscle strength and delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS). However, only a few supplements are considered to be effective at present. This review focuses on the effects of dietary supplements derived from phytochemicals and listed in the International Olympic Committee consensus statement on muscle damage evaluated by blood myofiber damage markers, muscle soreness, performance, and inflammatory and oxidative stress markers. In this review, the effects of dietary supplements are also discussed in terms of study design (i.e., parallel and crossover studies), exercise model, and such subject characteristics as physical fitness level. Future perspectives and considerations for the use of dietary supplements to alleviate EIMD and DOMS are also discussed.
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