ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Combined but Not Isolated Ingestion of Caffeine and Taurine Improves Wingate Sprint Performance in Female Team-Sport Athletes Habituated to Caffeine.
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- Caffeine Use in Sport: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Acute Side Effects and Implications for Athlete Health and Safety.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
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- Caffeine and taurine: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of their individual and combined effects on physical capacity, cognitive function, and physiological markers.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Ergogenic Aids to Improve Physical Performance in Female Athletes: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- The Acute Effects of Caffeine Supplementation on Anaerobic Performance and Functional Strength in Female Soccer Players.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Effects of taurine combined with caffeine on repetitive sprint exercise performance and cognition in a hypoxic environment.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
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- Effects of combined low-dose caffeine and taurine on anaerobic, neuromuscular, and cognitive performance: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled crossover study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Effects of different doses of taurine supplementation on repeated-sprint performance after exhaustive exercise in a high temperature and humidity environment.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The effect of low dose caffeine powder supplementation on serve speed, spike speed, and speed-endurance in elite sitting volleyball players: a randomized double-blind crossover study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Acute effects of multi-ingredient pre-workout dietary supplement on anaerobic performance in untrained men: a randomized, crossover, single blind study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Taurine supplementation enhances anaerobic power in elite speed skaters: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study.Biology of sport · 2023Article
- Energy drinks at adolescence: Awareness or unawareness?Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
Previous studies have investigated caffeine (CAF) and taurine (TAU) in isolation and combined during exercise in males. However, the potential synergistic effect during high-intensity exercise remains unknown in female athletes. Seventeen female team-sport athletes participated (age: 23.4 ± 2.1 years; height: 1.68 ± 0.05 m; body mass: 59.5 ± 2.2 kg). All participants were habitual caffeine consumers (340.1 ± 28.6 mg/day). A double-blind randomized crossover design was used. Participants completed four experimental trials: (i) CAF and TAU (6 mg/kg body mass of CAF + 1 g of TAU), (ii) CAF alone; (iii) TAU alone; and (iv) placebo (PLA). Supplements were ingested 60 min before a 30-s Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT). Heart rate and blood lactate (BL) were measured before and immediately after the WAnT; and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were recorded immediately after the WAnT. Peak power (PP) was significantly higher following co-ingestion of CAF+TAU compared to PLA (
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