Martial Arts
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
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
| Measure | Time 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
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Is expected a reduction in adverse effects when using fragmented doses of Sodium Bicarbonate | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Universidade Unicesumar