Trial reportNutrients2024
The Effect of Post-Activation Potentiation Enhancement Alone or in Combination with Caffeine on Anaerobic Performance in Boxers: A Double-Blind, Randomized Crossover Study.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The acute effects of caffeine, creatine, and carbohydrate mouth rinse combined with conditioning activity on subsequent sports performance: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of Caffeine Intake Strategies on Heart Rate Variability during Post-Exercise Recovery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current cardiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of acute caffeine ingestion combined with post-activation potentiation enhancement on the anaerobic capacity of male collegiate basketball players.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Trial
- Muscle Synergy Analysis of Different PAPE Protocols on Side Kick Performance in Elite Sanda Athletes: A Repeated Measures Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Trial
- Caffeine's influence on vertical jump height: a real-life collegiate student-athlete approach.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
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- Effects of caffeinated gum doses combined with post-activation performance enhancement on bench-press bar velocity: a randomized crossover study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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- Acute caffeine strategies for improving performance in combat sports: a structured narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- The Effects of Acute Caffeine Supplementation in Combination with Postactivation Performance Enhancement on Performance and Fatigue in High-Level Male Volleyball Athletes.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Performance Metrics of Anaerobic Power in Professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Fighters.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Impacts of Traditional Warm-Up and Post-Activation Potentiation on Muscle Endurance During the Back Squat: Response of Blood Lactate, Perceived Effort, and Time Under Tension.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Combined Effects of Postactivation Performance Enhancement and Caffeine Intake on Explosive and Anaerobic Power in Recreationally Active Males.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Muscle activity and power output recovery: the roles of rest duration and underlying endurance capacity in the wingate test.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- The effects of different post-activation potentiation strategies on the performance of elite female track cyclists in position 1 of team sprint.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Anaerobic Performance Profiling in Elite Amateur Boxers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) is a physiological phenomenon that refers to an acute excitation of the neuromuscular system following intense exercise that ends in enhanced physical performance in a subsequent bout of exercise. The scientific literature has primarily examined the effectiveness of PAPE alone or combined with caffeine (CAF) intake in all-out tests lasting ≤10 s, as the effect of PAPE is transitory. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of a protocol to induce PAPE alone or in combination with caffeine intake on the 30 s Wingate Anaerobic Test in highly trained boxers. Twenty-five male and highly trained boxers (mean age: 20 ± 1 years) participated in a double-blind, randomized crossover study consisting of three different experimental conditions: (i) control (CON), with no substance intake and no PAPE protocol before the Wingate Anaerobic Test; (ii) PAPE + PLA, involving the intake of a placebo 60 min before and a PAPE protocol comprising a 10 s cycling sprint overloaded with 8.5% of the participants' body weight 10 min before the Wingate Anaerobic Test; and (iii) PAPE + CAF, involving the intake of 3 mg/kg of caffeine 60 min before and the same PAPE protocol used in the (ii) protocol before the Wingate Anaerobic Test. In all conditions, the participants performed the 30 s version of the Wingate Anaerobic Test with a load equivalent to 7.5% of their body weight, while the cycle ergometer setting was replicated. Immediately following the Wingate test, heart rate (HR), the rating of perceived exertion (RPE), and blood lactate concentration (Bla) were measured. In comparison to CON, PAPE + PLA enhanced mean power (
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