Dose effect of caffeine on testosterone and cortisol responses to resistance exercise

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-141

  Beaven, C Martyn ^a   Hopkins, Will G ^b   Hansen, Kier T ^b   Wood, Matthew R ^b   Cronin, John B ^b   Lowe, Timothy E ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anabolic; Athlete; Catabolic; Performance; Strength training; Testosterone: cortisol ratio

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; TESTOSTERONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUGBY; SALIVA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 44649164098     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.18.2.131     Document Type: Article

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