Trial reportThe Journal of physiology2011
Role of glycogen availability in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ kinetics in human skeletal muscle.
Trial report in The Journal of physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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105 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 206 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Carbohydrate Intake on Muscle Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Acute effects of resistance exercise on skeletal muscle glycogen depletion: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Physiological reports · 2025Pooled it
- The Ergogenic Effects of Acute Carbohydrate Feeding on Resistance Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Carbohydrate Intake on Strength and Resistance Training Performance: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Relationship of Carbohydrate Intake during a Single-Stage One-Day Ultra-Trail Race with Fatigue Outcomes and Gastrointestinal Problems: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Low carbohydrate availability reduces power output at the moderate-to-heavy transition, impairs efficiency, and increases median power frequency during cycling in females.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- Effects of Modest Carbohydrate-Energy Supplementation on Resistance Training Adaptations in Trained Men: A Crossover Trial.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Acute effects of intra-training carbohydrate ingestion in CrossFit® trained adults: a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Trial
- Isoenergetic Pre-Exercise Meals Varying in Carbohydrate Similarly Affect Resistance Training Volume Performance Compared to Placebo: A Crossover Trial.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Effects of 8 Weeks of Moderate- or High-Volume Strength Training on Sarcoplasmic Reticulum CaScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Trial
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- Acute Maltodextrin Supplementation During Resistance Exercise.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2020Trial
- Effects of 120 g/h of Carbohydrates Intake during a Mountain Marathon on Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Elite Runners.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Effects of supplementing with an 18% carbohydrate-hydrogel drink versus a placebo during whole-body exercise in -5 °C with elite cross-country ski athletes: a crossover study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2019Trial
- Low pre-exercise muscle glycogen availability offsets the effect of post-exercise cold water immersion in augmenting PGC-1α gene expression.Physiological reports · 2019Trial
- Local depletion of glycogen with supramaximal exercise in human skeletal muscle fibres.The Journal of physiology · 2017Trial
- Human skeletal muscle glycogen utilization in exhaustive exercise: role of subcellular localization and fibre type.The Journal of physiology · 2011Trial
- Nutrition knowledge and dietary intake in male English Premier League academy players and their key stakeholders.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Article
- Acute Post-Match Fatigue and Recovery Kinetics of Neuromuscular Performance and Muscle Damage After a Friendly Match in Elite Youth Football Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
45 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Glucose is stored as glycogen in skeletal muscle. The importance of glycogen as a fuel during exercise has been recognized since the 1960s; however, little is known about the precise mechanism that relates skeletal muscle glycogen to muscle fatigue. We show that low muscle glycogen is associated with an impairment of muscle ability to release Ca(2+), which is an important signal in the muscle activation. Thus, depletion of glycogen during prolonged, exhausting exercise may contribute to muscle fatigue by causing decreased Ca(2+) release inside the muscle. These data provide indications of a signal that links energy utilization, i.e. muscle contraction, with the energy content in the muscle, thereby inhibiting a detrimental depletion of the muscle energy store.
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