The Effects of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Explosive Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review
Tan R, Cano L, Lago-Rodríguez Á, Domínguez R
International journal of environmental research and public health · 23 citations
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- Design
- Systematic review (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
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- Not stated
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2022-01-11 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 19 · issue 2 · p. 762
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 30 citations · more than 90% of similar papers · 2.6× the field average
- References
- 117 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology · Muscle metabolism and nutrition · Sports Performance and Training
- Keywords
- Sprint, Dietary Nitrate, Nitrate, Explosive material, Medicine, Physical therapy, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Nitrite, Chemistry
- MeSH
- nitrates, nitrites, double-blind method, dietary supplements, explosive agents, athletic performance
4 authors
From US, ES, BR
- Rachel TanPepperdine University
- Leire CanoSener (Spain)
- Ángel Lago-Rodríguez · corresponding
- Raúl DomínguezUniversidade Federal de Lavras; Universidad de Sevilla
Abstract
Dietary nitrate supplementation is evidenced to induce physiological effects on skeletal muscle function in fast-twitch muscle fibers and may enhance high-intensity exercise performance. An important component of sport-specific skills is the ability to perform explosive movements; however, it is unclear if nitrate supplementation can impact explosive efforts. We examined the existing evidence to determine whether nitrate supplementation improves explosive efforts lasting ≤ 6 s. PubMed, Scopus and Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) were searched for articles using the following search strategy: (nitrate OR nitrite OR beetroot) AND (supplement OR supplementation) AND (explosive OR power OR high intensity OR high-intensity OR sprint* OR "athletic performance"). Out of 810 studies, 18 were eligible according to inclusion criteria. Results showed that 4 of the 10 sprint-type studies observed improved sprint time, power output, and total work in cycling or running, whereas 4 of the 10 resistance-based exercise studies observed improvements to power and velocity of free-weight bench press as well as isokinetic knee extension and flexion at certain angular velocities. These results suggest that nitrate potentially improves explosive exercise performance, but further work is required to clarify the factors influencing the efficacy of nitrate in different exercise modalities.
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