PapersPMID:25683094
Effects of oral salt supplementation on physical performance during a half-ironman: A randomized controlled trial.
What moved
1 findingHow to read these marks →- Decreases time-trial completion time
very limited
“Total race time was lower in the salt group than in the control group (P = 0.04).”
- Study
- RCT
- Dose studied
- salt group 113 mmol Na+ and 112 mmol Cl-, ingested before and during the race; control cellulose
- Population
- Experienced triathletes competing in a real half-ironman triathlon, matched for age, anthropometry and training status
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Experienced triathletes competing in a real half-ironman triathlon
- Participants
- 26
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 8