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Effects of caffeine supplementation on anaerobic power and muscle activity in youth athletes

Ghazaleh, Leila, Enayati, Anita, Delfan, Maryam, Bamdad, Sobhan, Laher, Ismail, Granacher, Urs, Zouhal, Hassane·2024·BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
DOI 10.1186/s13102-023-00805-1
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of caffeine ingestion on anaerobic performance and muscle activity in young athletes. In this randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled study, ten highly trained male post-puberal futsal players aged 15.9 ± 1.2 years conducted two laboratory sessions. Athletes performed the Wingate test 60 min after ingestion of caffeine (CAF, 6 mg/kg body mass) or placebo (PL, dextrose) (blinded administration). Peak power, mean power, and the fatigue index were assessed. During the performance of the Wingate test, electromyographic (EMG) data were recorded from selected lower limbs muscles to determine the root mean square (RMS), mean power frequency (MPF), and median power frequency (MDPF) as frequency domain parameters and wavelet (WT) as time-frequency domain parameters. Caffeine ingestion increased peak (0.80 ± 0.29 W/Kg; p = 0.01; d = 0.42) and mean power (0.39 ± 0.02 W/Kg; p = 0.01; d = 0.26) but did not significantly affect the fatigue index (52.51 ± 9.48%, PL: 49.27 ± 10.39%; p = 0.34). EMG data showed that the MPF and MDPF parameters decreased and the WT increased, but caffeine did not have a significant effect on these changes ( p > 0.05). Moreover, caffeine ingestion did not significantly affect RMS changes in the selected muscles ( p > 0.05). Here we showed that acute caffeine ingestion improved anaerobic performance without affecting EMG parameters in young male futsal athletes.

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Authors
Ghazaleh, L., Enayati, A., Delfan, M., Bamdad, S., Laher, I., Granacher, U., & Zouhal, H.
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2024-01-19
Volume
16
Issue
1
ISSN
2052-1847
DOI
10.1186/s13102-023-00805-1
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15
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4
Language
en
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Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau

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