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Dietary sodium citrate supplementation does not improve upper-body anaerobic performance in trained wrestlers in simulated competition-day conditions
Purpose Similarly to a wrestling match, upper-body intermittent sprint performance (UBISP) test elicits severe acidosis. This study aimed to determine whether sodium citrate (CIT) ingestion would help to better maintain peak power (PP) and mean power (MP) output across four consecutive UBISP tests s...
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Published in: | European journal of applied physiology 2015-02, Vol.115 (2), p.387-396 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | Purpose
Similarly to a wrestling match, upper-body intermittent sprint performance (UBISP) test elicits severe acidosis. This study aimed to determine whether sodium citrate (CIT) ingestion would help to better maintain peak power (PP) and mean power (MP) output across four consecutive UBISP tests simulating wrestling matches of a competition-day.
Methods
In a double-blind, counterbalanced, crossover manner, 11 trained wrestlers ingested either placebo (PLC) or CIT (900 mg kg
−1
) within a 17-h supplementation period. Thereafter they completed four (T1–T4) 6-min UBISP tests interspersed with 30-min recovery periods.
Results
Compared with PLC, CIT supplementation resulted in a persistent increase (
P
0.05) in PP or MP in any UBISP test occurred.
Conclusion
In trained wrestlers, CIT ingestion induces alkalosis, counteracts reduction in plasma volume, increases post-test blood lactate concentration and reduces perceived exertion, but does not improve PP or MP attained in consecutive UBISP tests simulating four wrestling matches of a competition-day. |
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ISSN: | 1439-6319 1439-6327 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00421-014-3025-4 |