Effects of six weeks of β-alanine administration on VO 2 max, time to exhaustion and lactate concentrations in physical education students

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 559-563

  Ghiasvand, Reza ^a,b   Askari, Gholamreza ^a,b   Malekzadeh, Janmohamad ^c   Hajishafiee, Maryam ^a,b   Daneshvar, Pooya ^d   Akbari, Fahimeh ^a,b   Bahreynian, Maryam ^a,b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Esfahan Sport Medicine Association   (Iran)

Author keywords

alanine; Performance; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STUDENT; TIME TO EXHAUSTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84865083923     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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