Acute Beetroot Juice Supplementation in Amateur Climbers

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sport Performance; Dietary Supplement

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Beetroot Juice (BJ) acute supplementation; Dietary Supplement: Placebo Juice (PLA) acute supplementation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05210244

UFV2020-44

Details and patient eligibility

About

Whereas beetroot juice (BJ) supplementation is shown to increase physical performance in endurance activities, its benefits in neuromuscular function and strength performance has been barely studied. In this cross-over randomized placebo-controlled study, we investigated the effects of BJ acute supplementation in improving neuromuscular performance in amateur climbers

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• more than 18 years
• active climbing for, at least, last 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• smoking
• contraindications to BJ diet
• physical limitations, health problems, or musculoskeletal injuries

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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10 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

BJ supplementation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Beetroot Juice (BJ) acute supplementation

PLA supplementation

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Placebo Juice (PLA) acute supplementation