Short-term H_2 inhalation improves running performance and torso strength in healthy adults
Javorac D, Stajer V, Ratgeber L, Betlehem J, Ostojic S. · Biology of sport. 2019;36(4):333-339.
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Human
Human participants studied for exercise and recovery. See eligibility criteria in the linked full text.
Full text reports inhaled H₂-containing gas. Detected intervention quantities or schedules: 4%, 7 days, 60 min, 4 weeks, 45 mL/min. · H₂-related quantities reported in the intervention passages: 4%, 7 days, 60 min, 4 weeks, 45 mL/min. Values are not combined across different experimental arms.
7 days
Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “Baseline CRP levels were decreased by 1.0 mg/L (95% CI; 0.6–1.4) and by 0.7 mg/L (95% CI; 0.3–1.2) after hydrogen and placebo inhalation at…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.
Human evidence; design, sample size and comparator limit interpretation. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.
What kind of evidence is this?
Human
Randomized blinded controlled study
Exercise and recovery
Inhaled H₂
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Methods
Human participants studied for exercise and recovery. See eligibility criteria in the linked full text.
Human study; group or assay counts reported in the full text include n=20.
7 days
Full text reports inhaled H₂-containing gas. Detected intervention quantities or schedules: 4%, 7 days, 60 min, 4 weeks, 45 mL/min.
Inhaled molecular H₂; not classified as Brown’s gas without an H₂/O₂ composition.
H₂-related quantities reported in the intervention passages: 4%, 7 days, 60 min, 4 weeks, 45 mL/min. Values are not combined across different experimental arms.
Not reported in the full article — an absolute H₂ flow in mL/min could not be verified.
O₂ concentration and absolute O₂ flow were not both reported in the full article; no value is inferred.
Placebo or matched control reported in the full article.
Outcomes and reported result
survival or mortality, clinical symptoms or functional scores, oxidative-stress and antioxidant markers, apoptosis or cell injury, metabolic laboratory measures, cardiovascular measures
Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “Baseline CRP levels were decreased by 1.0 mg/L (95% CI; 0.6–1.4) and by 0.7 mg/L (95% CI; 0.3–1.2) after hydrogen and placebo inhalation at…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.
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Limitations and applicability
Human evidence; design, sample size and comparator limit interpretation. Funding or grant information is reported in the full article. The article declares no conflicts of interest.
Applies only to the population and protocol reported in this exercise and recovery article.
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Sources and record status
PMID: 31938004 · DOI: 10.5114/biolsport.2019.88756
A free full article is available through PubMed Central.
Official PubMed/PMC full article; source identity, intervention data and declarations re-audited 25 August 2026.
25 August 2026
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