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Beetroot Juice Ingestion Effects on Field Hockey Performance.

NCT05209139 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2022-04-14

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Summary

Scientific evidence supports that only a few dietary supplements have reported good evidence for improving sports performance, between we can mention beetroot juice supplementation with doses \> 5 mmol of NO3-. In this randomized placebo-controlled study, we investigated the effects of BJ acute supplementation in improving neuromuscular performance and match-play demands in female field hockey players.

Conditions

  • Nitrates
  • Hockey

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Beetroot juice

One serving 70 mL of beetroot juice (6.4 mmol of NO3-; Beet-It-Pro Elite Shot, James White Drinks Ltd., Ipswich, UK) 3 h before initiating the testing session.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Beetroot juice placebo

One serving 70 mL of beetroot juice placebo (0.04 mmol of NO3-; Beet-It-Pro Elite Shot, James White Drinks Ltd., Ipswich, UK) 3 h before initiating the testing session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alcala

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Seville

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-01
Primary Completion
2018-03-08
Completion
2018-03-15

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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