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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2018

The Effects of β-Alanine Supplementation on Muscle pH and the Power-Duration Relationship during High-Intensity Exercise.

Matthew I Black, Andrew M Jones, Paul T Morgan, Stephen J Bailey, Jonathan Fulford, Anni Vanhatalo

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew I BlackSport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Andrew M JonesSport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Paul T MorganSport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Stephen J BaileySchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Jonathan FulfordNIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Anni VanhataloSport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
University of Exeter · GBLoughborough University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

beta-alaninecarnosinecritical powermuscle pHpower-duration relationship

Identifiers

PMID29515455
PMCPMC5826376
OpenAlexW2789798405

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Registered trials

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