Placebo effects of caffeine on cycling performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2159-2164

  Beedie, Christopher J ^a   Stuart, Elizabeth M ^a   Coleman, Damian A ^a   Foad, Abigail J ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief effects; Deceptive administration; Ergogenic aids; Experimental designs

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAINING;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33845412064     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000233805.56315.a9     Document Type: Article

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