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Evidence suggests Magnesium mayincreaseStrength.

8 studies (11 claims)

Moderate consensus

Typical effective dose 275 (262.5–287.5) mgacross 2 dosed studies

Study Claims

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Intervention	Direction	Endpoint	Type	Population	Dosage	Title
oral magnesium supplementation	Increases - helped improve	respiratory muscle strength	Human	pediatric patients with CF	300 mg/d	Oral magnesium supplementation in children with cystic fibrosis improves clinical and functional variables: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial.cited 16×
250 mg magnesium in the form of magnesium oxide daily for 8 weeks	Increases - improved	Handgrip strength	Human	74 healthy middle-aged overweight women (25 ≤ BMI ≤ 30 kg/m²)	250 mg magnesium (as magnesium oxide) daily.	Does magnesium supplementation improve body composition and muscle strength in middle-aged overweight women? A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.cited 30×
250 mg magnesium in the form of magnesium oxide daily for 8 weeks	No effect - do not lead to a significant greater gain	muscle strength and function	Human	74 healthy middle-aged overweight women (25 ≤ BMI ≤ 30 kg/m²)	250 mg magnesium (as magnesium oxide) daily.	Does magnesium supplementation improve body composition and muscle strength in middle-aged overweight women? A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.cited 30×
vitamin D and magnesium co-supplementation	Increases - significant difference was observed	handgrip strength	Human	vitamin D-deficient middle-aged women	—	Randomized Study of the Effects of Vitamin D and Magnesium Co-Supplementation on Muscle Strength and Function, Body Composition, and Inflammation in Vitamin D-Deficient Middle-Aged Women.cited 8×
vitamin D and magnesium co-supplementation	No effect - no significant difference	knee extension strength	Human	vitamin D-deficient middle-aged women	—	Randomized Study of the Effects of Vitamin D and Magnesium Co-Supplementation on Muscle Strength and Function, Body Composition, and Inflammation in Vitamin D-Deficient Middle-Aged Women.cited 8×
addition of cationic clay montmorillonite, citric acid and magnesium stearate to TPS blend	Increases - to improve	strength and processability	Human	—	70% w/w starch, 30% w/w glycerol, with additives (cationic clay montmorillonite, citric acid, magnesium stearate, PCL, or MSM).	Starch-Based scaffold produced by FDM 3D printing technique as Innovative and biosustainable wound dressing.
Magnesium	Increases - benefits	muscle strength	Human	—	Not specified	Nutritional strategies for maintaining muscle mass and strength from middle age to later life: A narrative review.cited 81×
chemical treatment with 5% magnesium carbonate (MgCO3)	Increases - improved	tensile strength	Animal	Cissus quadrangularis fibers	5%, 10%, 15% MgCO3 treatment; 5%, 7.5%, 10% plasticizer; 20%, 25%, 30% fiber volume.	Effects of magnesium carbonate concentration and lignin presence on properties of natural cellulosic Cissus quadrangularis fiber composites.cited 7×
oral magnesium supplementation (300 mg Mg/d) for 12 wk	No effect - no significant differences emerged	handgrip strength	Human	healthy elderly women	300 mg Mg/day	Effect of oral magnesium supplementation on physical performance in healthy elderly women involved in a weekly exercise program: a randomized controlled trial.cited 92×
oral magnesium supplementation (300 mg Mg/d) for 12 wk	No effect - no significant differences emerged	peak torque isometric and isokinetic strength of the lower limbs	Human	healthy elderly women	300 mg Mg/day	Effect of oral magnesium supplementation on physical performance in healthy elderly women involved in a weekly exercise program: a randomized controlled trial.cited 92×
magnesium supplements	Increases - might achieve an improvement	respiratory muscle strength	Human	—	Not specified	Magnesium in cystic fibrosis--Systematic review of the literature.cited 10×