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Acute dietary nitrate supplementation to improve performance in endurance trained athletes

Completed
Conditions
prestatie
performance cycling
Registration Number
NL-OMON35728
Lead Sponsor
niversiteit Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

healthy young males (18-30y)
well trained cyclists (>3x/week training for more than a year)
VO2 max >50 ml/kg/min

Exclusion Criteria

use of medication
smoking
chronic beetroot supplementation

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>cycling performance</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>plasma nitrate/nitrite concentrations<br /><br>plasma lactate, insulin, glucose and free fatty acids</p><br>
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