Research · Meta-analysis
Tart Cherry Supplementation and Recovery From Strenuous Exercise: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
What it found
Improved recovery of strength (ES −0.78) and power and modestly reduced soreness; small reductions in CRP and IL-6.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Year
- 2021
- Population
- exercising adults
- Intervention
- tart (Montmorency) cherry juice/concentrate
- Outcome
- muscle soreness, strength/power recovery, inflammation
- Journal
- International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.