Increased blood pH but not performance with sodium bicarbonate supplementation in elite rugby union players

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-321

  Cameron, Sonya L ^a   McLay Cooke, Rebecca T ^a   Brown, Rachel C ^a   Gray, Andrew R ^a   Fairbairn, Kirsty A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alkalosis; Gastrointestinal tolerability; Intermittent exercise; Lactate; Team sport

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; PLACEBO; LACTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOATING; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION URGENCY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUGBY; STOMACH PAIN; VOMITING; ACID BASE BALANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOTBALL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICARBONATES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOOTBALL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SODIUM BICARBONATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956915542     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.20.4.307     Document Type: Article

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