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Trial reportNutrients2026

Ashwagandha Root Extract Stabilises Physiological Stress Responses in Male and Female Team Sports Athletes During Pre-Season Training.

Olivia C Coope, Esteban Otaegui, Manolo Suárez, Alex Levington, Maria Abad-Sangrà, Beth Lloyd, Tilly J Spurr, Blanca Roman-Viñas

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Adjunctive Ashwagandha (Nutrients · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Effects ofNutrients · 2026
    Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Olivia C CoopeBlanquerna School of Health Science, Ramon Llull University, C/Padilla, 326, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2811-925X
Esteban OtaeguiClub Natació Poble Nou, Carrer de Pallars, 277, Sant Martí, 08005 Barcelona, Spain.
Manolo SuárezClub Natació Poble Nou, Carrer de Pallars, 277, Sant Martí, 08005 Barcelona, Spain.
Alex LevingtonFulham FC Academy, Motspur Park, New Malden, Surrey KT3 6PT, UK.
Maria Abad-SangràIndependent Researcher, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.
Beth LloydFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4034-8119
Tilly J SpurrCollege Lane, University of Chichester, Chichester PO19 6PE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2600-3512
Blanca Roman-ViñasBlanquerna School of Health Science, Ramon Llull University, C/Padilla, 326, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1804-2324

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AthletesPlant ExtractsPlant RootsStress, PhysiologicalAdultAthletic PerformanceBiomarkersDietary SupplementsDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansHydrocortisoneMaleMuscle StrengthMyalgiaSalivaBiomarkersHydrocortisonePlant Extractsaerobic capacityashwagandhaathletescortisolcortisonemuscle strengthpre-seasonrandomised controlled trialrecoverystress

Identifiers

PMID41599843
PMCPMC12845468

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