The effect of 8 weeks HIIT training with ginger supplementation on IL-6 and PGE serum in young female taekwondo athletes

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 M.A. in Exercise Physiology

2 Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shahid Sattari Aviation ‎University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Objectives: In exhaustive physical activities, a person is affected by many physical physiological pressures, which ‎causes soreness and muscle injuries. This study was conducted in order to investigate the effect of ‎eight weeks of highly intensive interval training along with ginger supplementation on IL6 and PGH, ‎which are indicators of soreness and muscle injuries, in young female taekwondo athletes.‎
Methods: in This semi-experimental study, 24 young female taekwondo athletes with an average age of ‎‎19.75±2.03 years, height 1.602±0.123 cm, weight 53.99±7.49 kg, were selected voluntarily. Before ‎starting the study, physical and anthropometric measurements were taken, after which the subjects ‎were randomly classified into two groups: ginger + exercise and exercise. The exercise + ginger group ‎received four 500 mg capsules daily in the morning and evening for eight weeks and did three days of ‎highly intensive interval training (HIIT). Blood samples were collected from Antecubital vein in two ‎stages before and after the intervention, and serum levels of COX2, PGE2, and IL-6 were measured ‎using the Elisa method
Findings: Due to the significance of the data in the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (P>0.05), Yeoman-Whitty and ‎Wilcoxon tests were used. The results showed that intense interval training along with ginger ‎supplementation had an effect on the reduction of Il6, PGE enzymes and a significant difference was ‎observed between the two experimental and control groups (P<0.05). ‎
Conclusion: Taking ginger supplements during training can be effective in reducing muscle injuries and soreness ‎caused by HIIT exercises.‎

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