Dietary nitrate does not enhance running performance in elite cross-country skiers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2213-2219

  Peacock, Oliver ^a   TjØnna, Arnt Erik ^b   James, Philip ^c   WislØff, Ulrik ^b   Welde, Boye ^d   Böhlke, Nikolai ^e   Smith, Alan ^a,e   Stokes, Keith ^a   Cook, Christian ^a,e   Sandbakk, Øyvind ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^e UK Sport Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ergogenic aid; nitrate supplementation; nitric oxide metabolites; oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM NITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NORWAY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; SKIING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRITES; NORWAY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RUNNING; SKIING;

EID: 84868301003     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182640f48     Document Type: Article

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