the study involves the intake of two capsules per day, one capsule to be taken before breakfast and one before dinner for a period of 6 weeks of a nutritional supplement
INTERVENTION CAPSULE COMPOSITION active substances for 2 capsules Bio Curcumin 400 mg Polydatin 00 mg Beta-Caryophyllene 48 mg

particpants included in the placebo group will take two capsules per day (containing no bioactive compound, only hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, gellan gum, pigment), one capsule to be taken before breakfast and one before dinner for a period of 6 weeks.

Osteoarthritis

Knee Pain Chronic

two capsules per day, one capsule to be taken before breakfast and one before dinner for a period of 6 weeks.

Experimental: Curcumin derivate

two capsules per day (containing no bioactive compound, only hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, gellan gum, pigment), one capsule to be taken before breakfast and one before dinner for a period of 6 weeks.

Placebo

Effectiveness of Curcumin-based Food Supplement in Reducing Pain and Inflammatory Component in Osteoarthritis

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Curcumin-based Food Supplement in Reducing Pain and Inflammatory Component in People With Osteoarthritis

WOMAC scale is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 24 items divided into 3 subscales:
Pain (5 items): during walking, using stairs, in bed, sitting or lying, and standing upright Stiffness (2 items): after first waking and later in the day Physical Function (17 items): using stairs, rising from sitting, standing, bending, walking, getting in / out of a car, shopping, putting on / taking off socks, rising from bed, lying in bed, getting in / out of bath, sitting, getting on / off toilet, heavy domestic duties, light domestic duties
The test questions are scored on a 0-4 scale, corresponding to: None (0), Mild (1), Moderate (2), Severe (3), and Extreme (4).
The scores for each subscale are summed up; higher scores on the WOMAC indicate worse pain, stiffness, and functional limitations

Serum CRP levels were assessed by means of a commercially available CRP enzyme immunoassay

Levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, nitrates/nitrites will be evaluated by means of ELISA-testing

Painkillers utilization will be registered on a daily basis by participants, indicating dosage and daily frequency of use.

KOS Care SRL - Istituto di Riabilitazione Santo Stefano

This group will drink the P-CHO supplement in the first trial and the fruit milk shake in the second.

This group will drink the fruit milk shake in the first trial and the P-CHO supplement in the second.

Muscle Damage

Inflammation

Oxidative Stress

Functional Recovery

In the first trial, this group will drink a protein (P)-carbohydrate (CHO) supplement and in the second trial the fruit milk shake.

P-CHO supplement

The fruit content of the milk shake will be 100 g of strawberry and the amount of banana necessary to guaranty 0.8-1.2 g CHO • kg-1 BW • h-1.

Fruit Milk Shake

Web page of the institution that funds the individual Ph.D. grant (SFRH/BD/75276/2010)

Faculdade de Desporto, Universidade do Porto

Compared Effect of a Fruit Milk Shake With a Protein-Carbohydrate Supplement on Recovery After Resistance Exercise

Compared Effect of a Fruit Milk Shake With a Protein-Carbohydrate Supplement on Muscle Damage, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Functional Recovery, After Resistance Exercise

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Effectiveness of Curcumin-based Food Supplement in Reducing Pain and Inflammatory Component in Osteoarthritis

Compared Effect of a Fruit Milk Shake With a Protein-Carbohydrate Supplement on Recovery After Resistance Exercise

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