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Acute calcium ingestion attenuates exercise-induced disruption of calcium homeostasis.

Medicine and science in sports and exercise2011The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null

What it reported

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Every finding here is a null result.

What did not

1 finding

  • Ca(2+) — no detected effect on time-trial completion time

    Evidence strength: limited.FindingNull result
    “There was no effect of calcium supplementation on cycling performance time (59 ± 5, 60 ± 6, and 59 ± 5 minutes for placebo, calcium before, and calcium during, respectively).”
    Quoted verbatim from Acute calcium ingestion attenuates exercise-induced disruption of calcium homeostasis..
    Study
    crossover
    Participants
    20
    Dose
    1000 mg calcium (calcium citrate malate in a marine-derived multi-mineral complex) in a 1000 mg per litre beverage, either 20 min before exercise or 250 mg every 15 min during exercise; placebo beverage otherwise
    Population
    Twenty healthy adult male endurance cyclists and triathletes; 35-km cycle ergometer time trial, calcium-fortified or calcium-free sports beverage

    Acute calcium ingestion attenuates exercise-induced disruption of calcium homeostasis.2011PMID:2079865510.1249/MSS.0b013e3181f79fa8Industry fundedPermalink