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Caffeine and sports performance
Abstract
Athletes are among the groups of people who are interested in the effects of caffeine on endurance and exercise capacity. Although many studies have investigated the effect of caffeine ingestion on exercise, not all are suited to draw conclusions regarding caffeine and sports performance. Characteristics of studies that can better explore the issues of athletes include the use of well-trained subjects, conditions that reflect actual practices in sport, and exercise protocols that simulate real-life events. There is a scarcity of field-based studies and investigations involving elite performers. Researchers are encouraged to use statistical analyses that consider the magnitude of changes, and to establish whether these are meaningful to the outcome of sport. The available literature that follows such guidelines suggests that performance benefits can be seen with moderate amounts (~3 mg.kg-1 body mass) of caffeine. Furthermore, these benefits are likely to occur across a range of sports, including endurance events, stop-and-go events (e.g., team and racquet sports), and sports involving sustained high-intensity activity lasting from 1-60 min (e.g., swimming, rowing, and middle and distance running races). The direct effects on single events involving strength and power, such as lifts, throws, and sprints, are unclear. Further studies are needed to better elucidate the range of protocols (timing and amount of doses) that produce benefits and the range of sports to which these may apply. Individual responses, the politics of sport, and the effects of caffeine on other goals, such as sleep, hydration, and refuelling, also need to be considered.
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“Recent changes to knowledge and practice around caffeine and sports performance include recognition that benefits apply across a large range of sports (highintensity events of 1-60 min, endurance/ultra-endurance events and team/racket/combat sports with intermittent efforts) [121].”
From New strategies in sport nutrition to increase exercise performance (2016) · cites this paper as [121]
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“Caffeine is widely consumed as part of a normal diet, and there is clear evidence-for-efficacy regarding its ergogenic properties in a variety of sports [150–152], although the extent of the ergogenic effect is largely dependent on inter-individual genetic variance [153].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burke, L. M.
- Affiliations
- Department of Sports Nutrition, Australian Institute of Sport, P.O. Box 176, Belconnen, ACT, Canberra 2616, Australia (e-mail: ).
- Corresponding author
- Burke, Louise M.
- ORCID
- Burke, Louise M.
- Venue
- Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism
- Publisher
- Canadian Science Publishing
- Published
- 2008-12
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1319-1334
- ISSN
- 1715-5312 (ISSN-L)
- 1715-5320
- OpenAlex
- W2161231484
- Cited by
- 442
- References
- 66
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- FWCI
- 2.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Coffee research and impacts
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Keywords
- caffeine, athletic performance, endurance exercise, exercise capacity, caffeine dose, elite athletes, sleep, hydration, sports nutrition
- MeSH terms
- Central Nervous System Stimulants, Caffeine, Doping in Sports, Female, Humans, Male, Physical Endurance, Exercise Tolerance, Cross-Over Studies, Athletic Performance
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