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Sodium Bicarbonate and Caffeine effects in performance in judo and jiu-jitsu fighters

Can Sodium Bicarbonate supplementation combined with Caffeine be effective in improving performance in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighters?

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-83g3wys
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-10-21
Start date
2025-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Martial Arts

Interventions

The athletes will be evaluated in a cross-over, double-blind and counterbalanced protocol, in four diferent moments. The sample with 15-20 atlhetes will be evaluated in a placebo ingestion protocol, a

Sponsors

Universidade Unicesumar
Lead Sponsor
Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Intervenção em Promoção da Saúde (LIIPS)
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers; Male; Age between 18 and 45 years; Purple belt to black belt; training frequency equal to or greater than three times a week in specific training for the sport; training for at least three uninterrupted months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Athletes who have suffered injuries; belonging to the ultra-heavyweight category; individuals who are losing body mass; using drugs like anabolic steroids or illicit drugs; using medications like antibiotics or anti-inflammatories

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
t is expected to verify an improvement in the physical performance of judo and Btazilian jiu-jitsu athletes as a result of fractional supplementation with sodium bicarbonate, caffeine, or the combination of both supplements. The assessment of performance improvement will be conducted through the upper-body Wingate test, in which maximum power, mean power, and fatigue index parameters will be presented for each condition: placebo, caffeine, sodium bicarbonate, and the combination of sodium bicarbonate and caffeine

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Is expected a reduction in adverse effects when using fragmented doses of Sodium Bicarbonate

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactGabriel Ladeia

Universidade Unicesumar

gabrielf.ladeia@gmail.com+55 (44) 998865151

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)