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Hydrogen Rich Water Consumption Positively Affects Muscle Performance, Lactate Response, and Alleviates Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness After Resistance Training

Botek M et al. · J Strength Cond Res. 2022;36(10):2792–2799.

HumanH₂-rich waterPublished 2022
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Source and classification

What kind of evidence is this?

Evidence stream

Human

Reported design

Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study

Research topic

Exercise and recovery

Administration classification

H₂-rich water

Study result signal

Not reported in this record.

Outcome type

Not reported in this record.

Reported in the source

Methods at a glance

Population or model

Healthy young men completing a resistance-training protocol

Sample

12 participants

Duration

Acute training session with recovery measurements through 24 hours; crossover design

Intervention

1,260 mL hydrogen-rich water divided before, during and after the resistance-training session

Hydrogen form

H₂ dissolved in water — H₂ only, not Brown’s gas.

H₂ specification

0.9 ppm dissolved H₂ reported in the author-uploaded full text.

H₂ flow

Not applicable — oral water, not gas inhalation.

O₂ delivered with H₂

No O₂ was co-delivered as part of the intervention.

Comparator

Matched H₂-free placebo water

Reported, not endorsed

Outcomes and reported result

Outcomes measured

Exercise-set time, lactate, perceived exertion, creatine kinase, muscle soreness, countermovement jump and heart-rate variability

Reported result

Lunges were completed faster with H₂ water, lactate was lower during and immediately after exercise, and reported soreness at 24 hours was lower (26 ± 11 vs 41 ± 20 mm; p=0.002). Other recovery measures did not show a consistent advantage.

Results-extraction completeness

Principal methods and results checked in the author-uploaded full text and PubMed record; independent appraisal remains incomplete.

A reported association, difference or mechanism is not automatically a clinical benefit. Null findings, outcome type, study design and precision all matter.

Interpretation limits

Cautions and applicability

Design and reporting cautions

Very small male-only acute crossover study, multiple outcomes and a specialized resistance protocol. The results should not be read as proof of long-term recovery or injury prevention.

Applies directly to

Healthy young men completing the reported resistance-training session.

Preliminary appraisal framework

Not reported in this record.

Preliminary risk-of-bias status

Not reported in this record.

Appraisal rationale

Not reported in this record.

No single-study GRADE certainty rating is assigned. Certainty is assessed by important outcome across a complete eligible evidence set, not by attaching a final grade to one source.

Provenance

Sources and record status

Identifiers

PMID: 33555824 · DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003979

Publisher access

Publisher full text requires payment or institutional access.

Extraction basis

Author-uploaded ResearchGate full text and PubMed bibliographic record.

Record revision

2026-08-10

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