Pre-Exercise Caffeine and Sodium Bicarbonate: Their Effects on Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Performance in a Crossover, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Evaluations (IMTP)
2.4. Supplementation Protocols
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations
4.2. Practical Applicability
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Mean ± SD |
---|---|
Age (years) | 23.6 ± 1.6 |
Height (cm) | 171 ± 9.4 |
Body weight (kg) | 64.3 ± 9.6 |
Fat (%) | 20.5 ± 7.3 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.7 ± 2.4 |
Variable | Con | Pla | Caf | NaHCO3 | Caf + NaHCO3 | η2 | Power | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peak (N) | 1091.00 ± 100.00 | 1122.00 ± 95.00 | 1224.00 ± 92.00 | 1222.00 ± 74.00 | 1152.00 ± 109.00 | 0.109 | 0.976 | 0.100 |
Relative (N/Kg) | 16.60 ± 0.01 | 17.20 ± 0.01 | 18.80 ± 0.01 *† | 18.50 ± 0.01 | 18.20 ± 0.01 | 0.197 | 0.989 | 0.003 |
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Kaçoğlu, C.; Kirkaya, İ.; Ceylan, H.İ.; de Assis, G.G.; Almeida-Neto, P.; Bayrakdaroğlu, S.; Chaves Oliveira, C.; Özkan, A.; Nikolaidis, P.T. Pre-Exercise Caffeine and Sodium Bicarbonate: Their Effects on Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Performance in a Crossover, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Sports 2024, 12, 206. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12080206
Kaçoğlu C, Kirkaya İ, Ceylan Hİ, de Assis GG, Almeida-Neto P, Bayrakdaroğlu S, Chaves Oliveira C, Özkan A, Nikolaidis PT. Pre-Exercise Caffeine and Sodium Bicarbonate: Their Effects on Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Performance in a Crossover, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Sports. 2024; 12(8):206. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12080206
Chicago/Turabian StyleKaçoğlu, Celil, İzzet Kirkaya, Halil İbrahim Ceylan, Gilmara Gomes de Assis, Paulo Almeida-Neto, Serdar Bayrakdaroğlu, César Chaves Oliveira, Ali Özkan, and Pantelis T. Nikolaidis. 2024. "Pre-Exercise Caffeine and Sodium Bicarbonate: Their Effects on Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Performance in a Crossover, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study" Sports 12, no. 8: 206. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12080206