Papers/PMID:34663363
Effects of chronic betaine supplementation on performance in professional young soccer players during a competitive season: a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition2021The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
What it reported
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1 finding
glycine betaine — increases countermovement jump height
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Finding“Percent changes in CMJ between pre- and post-season were significantly (p=0.001) greater in BG than PG (Table 1).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of chronic betaine supplementation on performance in professional young soccer players during a competitive season: a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 3 months
- Dose
- 2 g/day betaine anhydrous in capsules, two capsules per day around training
- Population
- Professional young male soccer players (mean age about 15.5 years) over a 14-week competitive season, standard team training in both groups
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