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Physiological effects of spirulina supplementation during lactate threshold exercise at simulated altitude (2,500 m): a randomized controlled trial.
No finding here moved its endpoint.
What did not
1 findingHow to read these marks →“At the calculated threshold, power (spirulina = 190 ± 39 Watts vs. placebo = 190 ± 37 Watts), VO2 (spirulina = 33.4 mL/min/kg ±6.2 vs. placebo = 32.7 ± 6.0 mL/min/kg), RPE (spirulina = 12.9 ± 1.3 vs. placebo = 13.2 ± 1.1) and RER (spirulina = 1.01 ± 0.03 vs. placebo = 1.00 ± 0.04) were not significantly different (p = 0.857, p = 0.352, p = 0.160, and p = 0.292, respectively) following either spirulina or placebo ingestion.”
- Study
- crossover
- Duration
- 3 weeks
- Dose studied
- 6 g/day (12 capsules: 4 with breakfast, 4 with lunch, 4 with dinner) for 3 weeks
- Population
- 20 healthy trained cyclists (18 male, 2 female), RPE at the calculated lactate threshold (Dmax) of an incremental test at simulated 2,500 m altitude after 3 weeks of supplementation, double-blind randomised crossover with 14-day washout
Study record
- Design
- crossover trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Healthy trained cyclists (18 male, 2 female), lactate threshold test at simulated altitude 2,500 m
- Participants
- 20
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 21 days
- Endpoints measured
- 39