Pain reduction and improvement in range of motion after daily consumption of an açai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Pulp-fortified polyphenolic-rich fruit and berry juice blend

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 702-711

  Jensen, Gitte S ^a   Ager, David M ^b   Redman, Kimberlee A ^a   Mitzner, Marcie A ^a   Benson, Kathleen F ^a   Schauss, Alexander G ^c  

^a Holger NIS Labs   (United States)

^b Cascade Chiropractic and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^c AIBMR Life Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

a ai; adults; antioxidants; CAP e; digital inclinometry; Euterpe oleracea; geriatrics; inflammation; pain; polyphenols; range of motion; visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MONAVIE ACTIVE; MONAVIE ACTIVE JUICE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUAL DIGITAL INCLINOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; EUTERPE OLERACEA; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FLUID INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT (STRUCTURE); FRUIT JUICE; FRUIT PULP; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE PAIN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MYALGIA; OPEN STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARECACEAE; BEVERAGES; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHENOLS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EUTERPE OLERACEA;

EID: 79960437618     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.0150     Document Type: Article

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