Effect of β-alanine, with & without sodium bicarbonate, on 2000m rowing performance

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 480-487

  Hobson, Ruth M ^a   Harris, Roger C ^b   Martin, Dan ^a   Smith, Perry ^a   Macklin, Ben ^a   Gualano, Bruno ^c   Sale, Craig ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Junipa Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Performance; Rowing; Sodium bicarbonate; alanine

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; BICARBONATE; LACTIC ACID; MALTODEXTRIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PH MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROWING; SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETA-ALANINE; BICARBONATES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888291597     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.23.5.480     Document Type: Article

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