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Acute Effects of Nicotine on Physiological Responses and Sport Performance in Healthy Baseball Players.
Plain-language guide to PMID 35010774 (2022): placebo-controlled observational study of Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide).
Key Facts
- PMID
- 35010774
- Journal
- International journal of environmental research and public health
- Year
- 2022
- Study type
- Observational Study
- Authors
- Fang SH et al. (7 authors)
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph19010515
What This Study Did, in Plain Language
What Was Tested
Researchers studied Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide) in this observational study publication.
This was an observational study to examine whether nicotine gum chewed before exercise could provide acute effects on physiological responses and sport performance.
Why It Was Studied
There is interest in whether nicotine could enhance attention in sporting performance, but evidence on the acute effect of nicotine on physical response and sports performance in baseball players remains scant.
Conducting two sequences with 7-day intervals, they chewed nicotine gum (nicotine group) or flavor-matched placebo gum (placebo group) for 30 min.
Who Took Part
PubMed tags the participants as men only.
Thirteen healthy male non-smoker baseball players were recruited.
How the Study Was Run
The design is described as placebo-controlled.
The comparison arm used a placebo, so changes seen with Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide) could be set against what happens without it.
Accordingly, heart rate variability (HRV), saliva cotinine concentration and α-amylase activity, cognitive function, muscle strength, and baseball-hitting performance were measured.
What Was Measured
HRV and saliva analyses were conducted before gum consumption (S1), after gum consumption (S2), and after test completion (S3).
Cognitive, muscle strength, and baseball-hitting performance tests were performed after nicotine or placebo gum chewing.
PubMed files the paper under topics including Athletic Performance, Attention, Baseball, Chewing Gum and Nicotine.
Author keywords: baseball-hitting performance, cognitive function and heart rate variability.
What This Means in Plain Language
The paper is a placebo-controlled study of Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide).
The publication is from 2022 (International journal of environmental research and public health), a journal based in Switzerland.
More context: the Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide) compound page, all human trials.
Our Notes on the Compound
Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide): Pure nicotine as a signaling tool, separated from smoking and vaping.
Related Pages
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.