Rhodiola and Improved Repeated Sprint Ability

• Effects of Rhodiola rosea on Physical and Decision-Making Performance in Football Players: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

  • 2026-02-24
  • RCT
  • Nutrients 18(5)
  • • Yue Dou
    • Yaqing Wang
    • Wei Zhang
    • Yuewei Jiang
    • Jiyao Zhang
    • Tao Yang
    • Ziqi Han
    • Yaotong Li
    • Chang Liu
    • Dingmeng Ren

  • PubMed: 41829897
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu18050724

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  • Improved Repeated Sprint Ability

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Athletes

  For RSA, mean sprint time improved significantly from pre- to post-intervention in the RHO group (p = 0.017), whereas no significant change was observed in the placebo group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes