Trial reportEuropean journal of nutrition2023
Beetroot juice ingestion does not improve neuromuscular performance and match-play demands in elite female hockey players: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Trial report in European journal of nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05209139 (Acute Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Neuromuscular Performance and Match-play Demands in Elite Female Hockey Players.), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Acute Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Neuromuscular Performance and Match-play Demands in Elite Female Hockey Players.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Beetroot Juice Supplementation as a Healthy Aging Strategy Through Improving Physical Performance and Cognitive Functions: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Beetroot Juice on Physical Performance in Professional Athletes and Healthy Individuals: An Umbrella Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Nutritional Strategies for Optimizing Health, Sports Performance, and Recovery for Female Athletes and Other Physically Active Women: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Acute beetroot juice ingestion fails to improve sprint performance and neuromuscular function in trained male sprinters: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Trial
- The effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on resistance exercise performance: A dose-response investigation.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Trial
- Acute inorganic nitrate ingestion does not impact oral microbial composition, cognitive function, or high-intensity exercise performance in female team-sport athletes.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Trial
- Article
- Acute beetroot juice supplementation improves selected physical performance parameters, but not cardiovascular responses in healthy older women: a randomized clinical trial.European journal of translational myology · 2026Article
- Dietary nitrate supplementation does not improve resistance exercise performance in resistance-trained women.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Beetroot Juice and Exercise for Clinical Health and Athletic Performance: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Does Nitrate Supplementation Improve Muscle Strength, Power, and Sprint Performance in Females? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeBeetroot juice is a dietary supplement that contains high levels of inorganic nitrate (NO
methodsEleven elite female hockey players (22.8 ± 5.1 years) belonging to a bronze team medal in Eurohockey Club Champions Cup participated in this study. Participants were randomly divided into two groups undergoing a test battery with beetroot juice (70 mL, 6.4 mmol NO
resultsNo statistically significant improvements were observed in any physical parameters analysed comparing beetroot juice compared to placebo ingestion, countermovement jump (p = 0.776, ES = 0.16), isometric handgrip strength (p = 0.829; ES = - 0.08), 20 m sprint test (p = 0.227; ES = - 0.23), mean repeated sprint ability (p = 0.955, ES = 0.03) and in any physical match demands measured by GPS (p = 0.243-1.000; ES = 0.02-0.47).
conclusionAcute beetroot juice supplementation did not produce any statistically significant improvement in neuromuscular performance or match-play demands in elite female field hockey players.
trial registrationThe study was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with the following ID: NCT05209139. The study was retrospectively registered by 26 January 2022.
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