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Metabolic, cardiovascular, and perceptual responses to a thermogenic nutritional supplement at rest, during exercise, and recovery in men.
Plain-language guide to PMID 24513614 (2014): double-blind randomized controlled trial.
Key Facts
- PMID
- 24513614
- Journal
- Journal of strength and conditioning research
- Year
- 2014
- Study type
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Authors
- Bergstrom HC et al. (10 authors)
- DOI
- 10.1519/JSC.0000000000000369
What This Study Did, in Plain Language
What Was Tested
The paper reports a study, published as a randomized controlled trial.
Twenty-one men (mean ± SD; age = 23.5 ± 2.6 years, BMI = 26.0 ± 2.4 kg-1·m-2) completed this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover study to examine acute responses to a thermogenic nutritional supplement.
Why It Was Studied
Each testing session included: (a) 30 minutes resting, followed by placebo or thermogenic nutritional supplementation, (b) 50 minutes postsupplementation resting, (c) 60 minutes walking, and (d) 50 minutes postexercise recovery.
Gas exchange variables and heart rate (HR) were recorded during each phase.
Who Took Part
The age groups tagged for this paper are young adults and adults, men only.
How the Study Was Run
The design is described as randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled and crossover.
The participants were allocated by chance, so the intervention group and the comparison group should start out alike.
Neither the participants nor the staff measuring them knew who was on the intervention named in the title, so expectations could not easily colour the readings.
The comparison arm used a placebo, so changes seen with the intervention named in the title could be set against what happens without it.
Each person switched between the intervention named in the title and the comparison at some point, usually with a gap in between.
What Was Measured
Each testing session included: (a) 30 minutes resting, followed by placebo or thermogenic nutritional supplementation, (b) 50 minutes postsupplementation resting, (c) 60 minutes walking, and (d) 50 minutes postexercise recovery.
The subject headings attached to it are Blood Pressure, Dietary Supplements, Energy Metabolism, Heart Rate, Oxygen Consumption, Physical Exertion and Pulmonary Gas Exchange.
What This Means in Plain Language
The paper is a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study.
The publication is from 2014 (Journal of strength and conditioning research), a journal based in United States.
More context: all human trials.
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Source: PubMed record. This explanation is written by PeptideWhiz from the public record. For research and education only. Not medical advice; no dosing information is given.