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Research Article

Effects of lemon verbena extract (Recoverben®) supplementation on muscle strength and recovery after exhaustive exercise: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

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Table 1 In- and exclusion criteria

Fig. 1 Dispostion of subjects following Concort

Table 2 Subject characteristics at screening for FAS (N = 40, 19 men, 21 women)

Fig. 2 Maximal voluntary contraction. Delta MVC [N] (Mean ± 95% CI; product effect: p = 0.0311) * indicating significance against baseline; & indicating significant group differeneces

Table 3 Statistical results within (one way-ANOVA) and between groups (Linear mixed models with repeated measures or in case of Ret. pain generalized linear mixed model with poisson distribution for count data) for maximal voluntary contraction (MVC), movement induced pain (VAS), retrospective pain (Ret. pain), creatin kinase (CK), gluthation peroxidase (GPxP) and interleukine-6 (IL-6)

Fig. 3 Movement induced pain. Movement induced pain (VAS) [cm] (Mean ± 95% CI; product effect: p = 0.0788) * indicating significance against baseline

Fig. 4 Retrospective pain. Retrospective pain [score] (Mean ± 95% CI; product effect: p = 0.7820) * indicating significance against baseline

Fig. 5 Creatine kinase. Delta Creatine kinase [U/L] (Mean ± 95% CI; product effect: p = 0.9412) * indicating significance against baseline

Fig. 6 Glutathione peroxidase. Delta Glutathione peroxidase [U/L] (Mean ± 95% CI; product effect: p = 0.0681) * indicating significance against baseline