Acute administration of inorganic nitrate reduces V̇O2peak in endurance athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1979-1986

  Bescús, Raól ^a   Rodríguez, Ferran A ^a   Iglesias, Xavier ^a   Ferrer, Miguel D ^b   Iborra, Elena ^c   Pons, Antoni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

exercise economy; exercise performance; nitrate; Nitric oxide; nitrite; oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 80052964796     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318217d439     Document Type: Article

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