β-Alanine improves sprint performance in endurance cycling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 898-903

  Van Thienen, Ruud ^a   Van Proeyen, Karen ^a   Eynde, BART Vanden ^a   Puype, Joke ^a   Lefere, Thomas ^a   Hespel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; Lactate; Nutritional supplements; Time trial

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; LACTIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BETA-ALANINE; BICYCLING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650077371     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31818db708     Document Type: Article

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