Comparison of the Effect of Short-Term Supplementation of Garlic and Ginger on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness and Muscular Damage Induced by a Progressive Resistance Training Session in Inactive Middle-Aged Women

Comparison of the effect of short-term supplementation of garlic and ginger on delayed onset muscle soreness and muscular damage induced by a progressive resistance training session in inactive middle-aged women

A clinical trial with a control group, with parallel groups,single blind , randomized, phase 3 on 21 patients. For simple randomization, the lottery method will be used.

In the first session,full body resistance exercises will be done in the gym of Chalus city. Then blood samples and functional indicators of muscle pain perception will be measured and the subjects will be randomized and blinded (using the same packaging for supplements). They will be placed in one of the 3 intervention groups and will take supplements for 14 days. The second session will be held similar to the first session.

Among inactive healthy women with an age range of 35 to 55 years, intolerance to all kinds of diseases or injuries, absence of injuries and abnormal injuries to the research

The first intervention group: together with the intervention of sports training, ginger supplement that consumes 2 capsules of 500 mg of ginger produced by Gol Daro pharmaceutical factory in 2 meals with 250 ml of water. The second intervention group: Along with the intervention of sports training, garlic supplement, which consumes 2 capsules of 500 mg of garlic produced by Gol Daro pharmaceutical factory in 2 meals with 250 ml of water. The third intervention group: together with the intervention of sports training, a placebo that consumes 2 capsules of 500 mg of starch produced by the pharmaceutical factory of Gol Daru company in 2 meals with 250 ml of water.

lactate dehydrogenase level, creatine kinase level, thigh circumference, knee joint range of motion, perception of muscle pain

After determining the age and pairing of the participants, they will be grouped by a simple random method. In this way, 3 number envelopes including envelope number 1, envelope number 2 and envelope number 3 will be considered for 3 groups of ginger supplement, garlic supplement and starch supplement. And the lottery will be done by someone other than the researcher.

In the present study, the participants were blinded. The purpose and reason of the research will be explained to the participants in the briefing session and then the informed consent form will be taken from the participants. The participants will not be informed in which of the consumption groups of garlic, ginger or starch supplements.The intervention in the three groups is completely similar in terms of shape, color, smell, and the way of taking the supplements as well as the training sessions.