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Reply to Trexler, E.T. Common Errors in Sports Nutrition Meta-Analyses Lead to Distortion of Pooled Effect Estimates. Comment on "Viribay et al. Effects of Arginine Supplementation on Athletic Performance Based on Energy Metabolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Aitor Viribay, Julen Fernández-Landa, Jesús Seco-Calvo, Juan Mielgo-Ayuso

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Article in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

4 authors.

Aitor ViribayGlut4Science, Physiology, Nutrition and Sport, 01004 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.ORCID 0009-0008-5046-2680
Julen Fernández-LandaDepartment of Physical Activity and Sports, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2900-1712
Jesús Seco-CalvoDepartment of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Leon, 24071 Leon, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7818-9777
Juan Mielgo-AyusoDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6554-4602

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We deeply appreciate the time and effort invested by the comment author [...].

Indexed as

ArginineAthletic PerformanceDietary SupplementsEnergy MetabolismMeta-Analysis as TopicSports Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaHumansSystematic Reviews as TopicArginine

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PMID40733001
PMCPMC12298715

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