tart cherry and Improved Countermovement Jump Height

• Tart Cherry Juice: No Effect on Muscle Function Loss or Muscle Soreness in Professional Soccer Players After a Match.

  • 2020-02-01
  • RCT
  • International journal of sports physiology and performance 15(2)
  • • Will Abbott
    • Callum Brashill
    • Adam Brett
    • Tom Clifford

  • PubMed: 31188696
  • DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.2019-0221

  7 Insights on

  • Improved Countermovement Jump Height

  • High evidence
  • Athletes

  Countermovement jump height was similarly reduced in the days after the match after TCJ and CON supplementation, with the greatest loss occurring at 12-hour postmatch (-5.9% [3.1%] vs -5.4% [2.9%], of baseline values, respectively; P = .966; ηp2=.010).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  2 × 30 mL servings before and after a 90-minute match and 12 and 36 hours after the match