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Pre-exercise glycerol hydration improves cycling endurance time.

International journal of sports medicine1996The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidenceraisesTime to exhaustion

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  • “Endurance time was prolonged after GEH in Study I (93.8 +/- 14 min vs. 77.4 +/- 9 min, p = 0.049) and in Study II (123.4 +/- 17 min vs. 99.0 +/- 11 min, p = 0.03).”
    Study
    crossover
    Dose studied
    1.2 gm/kg glycerol in 26 ml/kg solution, pre-exercise
    Population
    Well conditioned subjects in two double-blind randomized crossover studies (Study I and Study II) of submaximal load cycle ergometry; the sentence reports both studies; Study II gave carbohydrate oral replacement solution during exercise in both conditions; comparator was placebo hydration of 26 ml/kg aspartame flavored water

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
well conditioned subjects
Participants
not reported
Comparator
placebo
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
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