Caffeine lowers muscle pain during exercise in hot but not cool environments

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 429-435

  Ganio, Matthew S ^a   Johnson, Evan C ^a   Lopez, Rebecca M ^b   Stearns, Rebecca L ^a   Emmanuel, Holly ^a   Anderson, Jeffrey M ^a   Casa, Douglas J ^a   Maresh, Carl M ^a   Volek, Jeff S ^a   Armstrong, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental temperature; Hyperthermia; Thermal stress; Time trial

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CAFFEINE; COLD TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650881931     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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