Caffeine and performance in clay target shooting

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 661-666

  Share, Bianca ^a   Sanders, Nick ^b   Kemp, Justin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Reservoir Sports Medicine Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Caffeine; Reaction time; Shooting

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS; CLAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SPORTING EVENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TRACK AND FIELD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650248715     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410902741068     Document Type: Article

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