Journal of Medicinal Plants (Mar 2024)
The effect of ginger supplementation on inflammatory indicators and muscle damage after eccentric and concentric exercise in obese girls
Abstract
Background: Some activities, such as acute activity, can cause an increase in inflammatory indicators and muscle damage in the blood. Objective: The aim of the effect of taking ginger supplement along with acute extroverted and introverted activity was on some inflammatory indicators and muscle damage in the serum of obese girls. Methods: After measuring the maximum oxygen consumption, 50 girls with a body mass index of over 30 kg/m2, age 24.89 ± 73.7 years, height 159.02 ± 5.20 cm and weight 87.77 ± 88.8 kg were randomly divided into 5 groups including: experimental group 1 [supplement+ extrovert (n = 10), experimental group 2 [supplement + introvert] (n = 10), placebo + extrovert group (n = 10), placebo + introvert group (n = 10)b , and control group (n = 10) became The training protocol included acute extroverted and introverted activity [positive and negative incline on the treadmill] was implemented. Supplement groups consumed 2 grams of ginger powder daily for 4 weeks. After fasting for at least 8 hours, blood samples were collected before and immediately after any type of activity to measure serum hs-CRP and ck levels. To examine intra-group changes, t-dependent and for inter-group comparisons, analysis of covariance with inter-group factor was used (P = 0.05). Results: The t-dependent results of this research showed that acute extroverted and introverted exercise in the pre-test and post-test, respectively, caused a significant increase in the levels of hs-CRP and CK in the supplement and placebo groups (P ≤ 0.05). Also, the results of covariance analysis showed that taking ginger supplement for four weeks after acute extroverted and introverted activity had a significant effect on hs-CRP levels (P = 0.04) between supplement and placebo groups. CK levels (P = 0.09) had no significant effect between the supplement and placebo groups. Conclusion: Increased levels of inflammation and muscle damage in introverted acute exercise are greater than in extroverted. According to the results of this research, daily consumption of ginger supplements can reduce inflammation and muscle damage caused by physical activity.
