Assessment of The Effect of Oral Potassium Nitrate Supplementation on Post-Exercise Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Indices

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Post-Exercise Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.
Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere

Registration Number: IRCT20210512051273N1

Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Age between 18 to 40 years
Consent to enter the study
Not having physical or mental illness which increase the risk of impaired study progress
Sedentary lifestyle (less than 3 days of sports activity for 30 minutes a week in the last 3 months)
No addiction to drugs, narcotics and tobacco
No pregnancy and breastfeeding
No pain or injury in the biceps brachii muscle that will be studied

Exclusion Criteria

Taking different types of drugs during the week before the study
Taking tonics and sports supplements during 1 month before
History of musculoskeletal injury during the last three months
Using foods containing more than 50 mg of nitrate per 100 g of food within 24 hours before the research protocol

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Biceps Brachii Muscle Tenderness. Timepoint: Before Exercise, Days 2 and 4 Post-Exercise. Method of measurement: Placing a wooden ball with a diameter of 3 cm, 3 cm above the crease of the elbow and place a sphygmomanometer on it and inflate the cuff up to 250 mm Hg and record the amount of pain on graded paper (Visual Analogue Scale).;Strength of Biceps Brachii Muscle. Timepoint: Before Exercise, Days 2 and 4 Post-Exercise. Method of measurement: Measuring muscle force with a dynamometer.;Elbow Passive and Active Range of Motion. Timepoint: Before Exercise, Days 2 and 4 Post-Exercise. Method of measurement: Measuring angles with goniometer.

Secondary Outcome Measures