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Trial reportNutrients2024

Optimizing Short-Term Maximal Exercise Performance: The Superior Efficacy of a 6 mg/kg Caffeine Dose over 3 or 9 mg/kg in Young Female Team-Sports Athletes.

Houda Bougrine, Achraf Ammar, Atef Salem, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami, Hamdi Chtourou, Nizar Souissi

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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 23 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Houda BougrineHigh Institute of Sport and Physical Education Gafsa, University of Gafsa, Gafsa 2100, Tunisia.
Achraf AmmarHigh Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0003-0347-8053
Atef SalemPhysical Activity Research Unit, Sport and Health (UR18JS01), National Observatory of Sports, Tunis 1003, Tunisia.
Khaled TrabelsiHigh Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0003-2623-9557
Haitham JahramiDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 323, Bahrain.ORCID 0000-0001-8990-1320
Hamdi ChtourouPhysical Activity Research Unit, Sport and Health (UR18JS01), National Observatory of Sports, Tunis 1003, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-5482-9151
Nizar SouissiPhysical Activity Research Unit, Sport and Health (UR18JS01), National Observatory of Sports, Tunis 1003, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0003-1227-8221
University of Sfax · TNManouba University · TNMinistry of Health · BHUniversity of Gafsa · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caffeine (CAF) is among the most extensively researched dietary supplements worldwide. However, little is known about the relationship between dosage and performance enhancement, particularly in female athletes. This study aimed to explore the effects of three different CAF dosages (3 mg·kg

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Athletic PerformanceCaffeineAdolescentAthletesCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodExerciseFemaleHumansTeam SportsCaffeineathletic performancecaffeine intakedosagesfemale athletesmild consumersside effectsteam sports

Identifiers

PMID38474768
PMCPMC10935148
OpenAlexW4392169240

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