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ArticleSports medicine - open2017

The Reproducibility of 4-km Time Trial (TT) Performance Following Individualised Sodium Bicarbonate Supplementation: a Randomised Controlled Trial in Trained Cyclists.

Lewis Anthony Gough, Sanjoy Kumar Deb, Andy Sparks, Lars Robert McNaughton

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Article in Sports medicine - open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lewis Anthony GoughSports Nutrition and Performance Group, Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 4QP, UK. goughl@edgehill.ac.uk.
Sanjoy Kumar DebSports Nutrition and Performance Group, Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 4QP, UK.
Andy SparksSports Nutrition and Performance Group, Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 4QP, UK.
Lars Robert McNaughtonSports Nutrition and Performance Group, Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 4QP, UK.
Edge Hill University · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndividual time to peak blood bicarbonate (HCO

methodsEleven trained male cyclists completed five randomised treatments with prior ingestion of 0.2 g kg

resultsAlkalosis was achieved prior to exercise in both SBC2 and SBC3, as pH and HCO

conclusionsResults demonstrate excellent reproducibility of exercise performance following individualised NaHCO

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Acid-base balanceAlkalosisBufferingErgogenic aidsPerformanceReliability

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PMID28936625
PMCPMC5608656
OpenAlexW2757272007

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