TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of acute cannabidiol supplementation on recovery after strenuous strength training
AU - Veit, Sebastian
AU - Isenmann, Eduard Alfred Thomas
AU - Diel, Patrick Rene
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - The medical qualities of cannabidiol (CBD) have been known for a long time. Especially in recent times increasingly more research is being conducted on this subject. Nevertheless, the direct effects of CBD on regeneration after physical activity are still unclear. Even though the anti-inflammatory effect of CBD is undisputed in medicine, the extent to which this quality has a positive effect on secondary muscular damage after resistance training has not yet been researched. Therefore, in the present randomized pilot study, the effects from supplementing CBD (3ml with 2% of CBD) after strenuous strength training were compared with that of a placebo in a crossover design. For this purpose, neuromuscular (Vertical Jump + Back Squat) and biochemical (Creatine Kinase) parameters were measured in eight strength athletes immediately before and 24 hours after a fatigue protocol was performed. The given protocol consisted of three sets of 12 repetition in the back squat at 70% of the one repetition maximum that was measured right beforehand. In addition, the subjects performed three sets of 15 drop jumps. Following that protocol, subjects consumed a beverage containing either 60mg of CBD or a placebo. As a result, a significant decrease in the back squat was found only within the CBD group (CBD: -6.56kg ±6,94, p<. 009; PL: -3,75kg ± 5,18, p<.105). In contrast, a significant increase in the biochemical parameter CK was found only within the placebo group (CBD: +87,88U/l ± 100,89, p<.298; PL: 265,89U/l ± 298,29, p<.003). While for other parameters within each as well as between both groups, differences failed to satisfy required levels of significance, an almost three times greater average increase in CK values in the placebo group compared to the CBD group gives reason to assume that the anti-inflammatory effect of CBD has a positive effect on secondary damage and can thus promote regeneration. Yet, further research is needed to confirm these finding
AB - The medical qualities of cannabidiol (CBD) have been known for a long time. Especially in recent times increasingly more research is being conducted on this subject. Nevertheless, the direct effects of CBD on regeneration after physical activity are still unclear. Even though the anti-inflammatory effect of CBD is undisputed in medicine, the extent to which this quality has a positive effect on secondary muscular damage after resistance training has not yet been researched. Therefore, in the present randomized pilot study, the effects from supplementing CBD (3ml with 2% of CBD) after strenuous strength training were compared with that of a placebo in a crossover design. For this purpose, neuromuscular (Vertical Jump + Back Squat) and biochemical (Creatine Kinase) parameters were measured in eight strength athletes immediately before and 24 hours after a fatigue protocol was performed. The given protocol consisted of three sets of 12 repetition in the back squat at 70% of the one repetition maximum that was measured right beforehand. In addition, the subjects performed three sets of 15 drop jumps. Following that protocol, subjects consumed a beverage containing either 60mg of CBD or a placebo. As a result, a significant decrease in the back squat was found only within the CBD group (CBD: -6.56kg ±6,94, p<. 009; PL: -3,75kg ± 5,18, p<.105). In contrast, a significant increase in the biochemical parameter CK was found only within the placebo group (CBD: +87,88U/l ± 100,89, p<.298; PL: 265,89U/l ± 298,29, p<.003). While for other parameters within each as well as between both groups, differences failed to satisfy required levels of significance, an almost three times greater average increase in CK values in the placebo group compared to the CBD group gives reason to assume that the anti-inflammatory effect of CBD has a positive effect on secondary damage and can thus promote regeneration. Yet, further research is needed to confirm these finding
M3 - Conference abstract in journal
SN - 0344-5925
VL - 71
JO - Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin
JF - Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin
IS - 2/2020
ER -