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Beta-alanine has no detected effect on countermovement jump height

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“After plyometric training, SJ and CMJ were increased, respectively, by 8.8 and 6.4 % in PL group and 9.9 and 11.0 % in BA group (p < 0.01, no difference between groups).”
Quoted verbatim from β-Alanine supplementation slightly enhances repeated plyometric performance after high-intensity training in humans.
This finding among the 11 findings on its endpoint

beta-alanine

Countermovement jump height

no difference found

Who
regularly trained young males and females undergoing plyometric high-intensity training
Dose studied
4.0-5.6 g/day for 8 weeks

Very limited evidencePMID 25894892 · 2015

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
8 weeks

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Amino acids
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZWYY76A5H3XTR2R403313K