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Phosphate Loading Does not Improve 30-km Cycling Time-Trial Performance in Trained Cyclists.

International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism2023The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidenceno difference foundTime-trial completion time

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “Time to complete the 30-km time trial did not differ following ingestion of sodium phosphate and sodium chloride (3,059 ± 531 s vs. 2,995 ± 467 s).”
    Study
    crossover
    Duration
    4 days
    Dose studied
    dibasic sodium phosphate 3.5 g/day (Na2HPO4, 24.7 mmol/day phosphate) for 4 days; comparator sodium chloride matched for sodium (49.4 mmol/day)
    Population
    16 well-trained cyclists, randomised single-blind crossover, 30-km cycling time trial after 4 days of loading, 14-day washout

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
well-trained cyclists
Participants
16
Comparator
placebo
Duration
4 days
Endpoints measured
5