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Trial reportNutrients2018

Carbohydrate Mouth Rinse Fails to Improve Four-Kilometer Cycling Time Trial Performance.

Flávio O Pires, Cayque Brietzke, Fabiano A Pinheiro, Katherine Veras, Eugênia C T de Mattos, André L F Rodacki, Carlos Ugrinowitsch

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Fed, not fasted: is carbohydrate mouth rinsing still ergogenic? A three-level meta-analysis.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Flávio O PiresExercise Psychophysiology Research Group, School of Arts, Science and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 03828-000, Brazil. piresfo@usp.br.
Cayque BrietzkeExercise Psychophysiology Research Group, School of Arts, Science and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 03828-000, Brazil. cayquebbarreto@usp.br.
Fabiano A PinheiroExercise Psychophysiology Research Group, School of Arts, Science and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 03828-000, Brazil. fapcor@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2894-2046
Katherine VerasIntegrated Group of Biotechnology, Lab Adipose Tissue Biology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo 05305-000, Brazil. katherine.veras@gmail.com.
Eugênia C T de MattosPhysical Education Department, Federal University of Paraná, Paraná 80060-000, Brazil. eugeniamattos@hotmail.com.
André L F RodackiPhysical Education Department, Federal University of Paraná, Paraná 80060-000, Brazil. rodacki@ufpr.br.
Carlos UgrinowitschSchool of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-030, Brazil. ugrinowitsch@gmail.com.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal do Paraná · BRUniversidade de Mogi das Cruzes · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated if a carbohydrate (CHO) mouth rinse may attenuate global fatigue and improve 4-km cycling time trial (TT

Indexed as

Athletic PerformanceBicyclingAdministration, MucosalAdultBrazilDietary CarbohydratesDietary SupplementsDouble-Blind MethodFatigueHumansMaleMouthwashesMuscle FatigueOral Mucosal AbsorptionOxygen ConsumptionPerformance-Enhancing SubstancesDietary CarbohydratesMouthwashesPerformance-Enhancing Substancescentral fatigueperipheral fatiguesupplementationtwitch interpolation

Identifiers

PMID29534507
PMCPMC5872760
OpenAlexW2792806600

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