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JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 272-276Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.04.001
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Dietary supplements; Aerobic exercise; Sports performance; Team-sports
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Objectives.: To assess the effects of sodium phosphate (SP) and caffeine supplementation on repeated sprint performance. Design: Randomized, double-blind, Latin-square design. Methods: Eleven team-sport males participated in four trials: (1) SP (50 mg kg(-1) of free fat-mass daily for six days) and caffeine (6 mg kg-1 ingested 1 h before exercise); SP + C, (2) SP and placebo (for caffeine), (3) caffeine and placebo (for SP) and (4) placebo (for SP and caffeine). After loading, participants performed a simulated team-game circuit (STGC) consisting of 2 x 30 min halves, with 6 x 20-m repeated-sprint sets performed at the start, half-time and end of the STGC. Results: There were no interaction effects between trials for first-sprint (FS), best-sprint (BS) or total sprint (TS) times (p > 0.05). However, SP resulted in the fastest times.for all sprints, as supported by moderate to large effect sizes'(ES; d= 0.51-0.83) and 'likely' to 'very likely' chances of benefit, compared with placebo. Compared with caffeine, SP resulted in 'possible' to 'likely' chances of benefit for FS, BS and TS for numerous sets and a 'possible' chance of benefit compared with SP + C for BS (set 2). Compared with placebo, SP + C resulted in moderate ES (d = 0.50-0.62) and 'possible' to 'likely' benefit for numerous sprints, while caffeine resulted in a moderate ES (d = 0.63; FS: set 3) and 'likely' chances of benefit for a number of sets. Conclusions: While not significant, ES and qualitative analysis results suggest that SP supplementation may improve repeated-sprint performance when compared with placebo. (C) 2015 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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