Curcuma Extract Beneficial for Muscle Damage

Muscle damage and inflammation is a clinical problem caused by the unimpeachable body adaptation of strenuous exercise through increasing free radicals. Antioxidants content in Curcuma is hypothesized to alleviate the free radicals. This study aimed to examine the effect of Curcuma extract in the form of ice cream to improve muscle damage and inflammation of soccer athletes caused by strenuous exercise. This study was experimental study with pre-post control group design. Male soccer athlete (n=20) were divided into treatment group (n=10) and control group (n=10). The treatment group was treated by Curcuma extract ice cream for 21 days. Blood samples of creatine kinase (as muscle damage marker) and IL-6 (as inflammation marker) were quantified.