| Disease | A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, AND CROSSOVER CLINICAL INVESTIGATION OF DELAYED ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS (DOMS),
TYPICALLY OCCURING WITHIN THE FIRST 24 H, POST-EXERCISE, PEAKING BETWEEN 24 AND 72 H, AND LASTING AS LONG AS 5–7 DAYS POST-EXERCISE. DOMS IS A MULTIFACTORIAL PROCESS INVOLVING BOTH MECHANICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS, ASSOCIATED WITH CLINICAL FEATURES THAT MAY LIMIT RANGE OF MOTION, AND ATHLETES SEEK FOR EFFECTIVE RECOVERY STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE FUTURE TRAINING SESSIONS.
INTERVENTION WITH TENSLESS® A FOOD SUPPLEMENT (CONTAINING EXTRACTS OFMANGOSTEEN, POMEGRANATE AND ELDERBERRY), DEVELOPED TO HELP MANAGEPOST-EXERCISE RECOVERY.
THE SUPPLEMENT WAS INVESTIGATED IN 13 RECREATIONALLY ACTIVE ATHLETES OF BOTH SEX, FOLLOWING A 3-WEEK WASHOUT PERIOD, STUDY INVESTIGATED THE REDUCTION OF ASSOCIATED MUSCLE DAMAGES FOLLOWING AN ECCENTRIC EXERCISE PROTOCOL. SUPPLEMENTATION WITH TENSLESS® INDUCED SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN MUSCLE SORENESS AS OF THE FIRST 24 H; THIS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY CORRELATED WITH A LOWERED RELEASE OF MUSCLE DAMAGE-ASSOCIATED BIOMARKERS, NAMELY MYOGLOBIN, CREATININE, AND CREATINE KINASE,
FOR THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE RECOVERY PERIOD. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE POSITIVE RESULTS CLEARLY INDICATE THAT POSTEXERCISE SUPPLEMENTATION WITH TENSLESS® MAY PRESERVE MYOCYTES AND REDUCE SORENESS FOLLOWING ECCENTRIC EXERCISE-INDUCED DAMAGES, AND, ACCORDINGLY, SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTEN MUSCLE RECOVERY. |