Cramps
Research analysis led by Kamal Patel.
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Summary of Cramps
Primary Information, Benefits, Effects, and Important Facts
Scientific Information on Cramps
Human Effect Matrix
The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies (it excludes animal and in vitro studies) to tell you what supplements affect cramps
| Grade | Level of Evidence [show legend] |
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Outcome |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notes |
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Vitex agnus castus |
Minor
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- See study |
Efficacy against cramps appears to correlate both with how severe the cramps are during PMS and the response to Vitex supplementation; potency seems variable.
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Magnesium | - | - See study |
No evidence to support a reduction in pregnancy related leg cramps
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