PapersPMID:16081625
Caffeine improves endurance in 75-yr-old citizens: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study.
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caffeineWhat moved
1 findingHow to read these marks →caffeine — decreases rating of perceived exertion
very limitedFindingreplicated ×4
“Caffeine also reduced the rating of perceived exertion after 5 min of cycling by 11% (95% CI: 5-17; P = 0.002) and postural stability with eyes open by 25% (95% CI: 2-53; P = 0.03).”
Quoted verbatim from Caffeine improves endurance in 75-yr-old citizens: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study. - Study
- crossover
- Participants
- 30
- Dose studied
- 6 mg/kg caffeine, single capsule, 1 h before testing
- Population
- healthy adults aged 70 years or older (15 men, 15 women)
Study record
- Read under
- caffeine
- Design, as each reading recorded it
- crossover trial / randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- 15 men and 15 women aged >=70 years
- Participants
- 30
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- not recorded
- Endpoints measured
- 7
- Record
- extracted
- Readings recorded
- 2