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Trial reportJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition2026

Acute beetroot juice ingestion fails to improve sprint performance and neuromuscular function in trained male sprinters: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Álvaro López-Samanes, Diego Moreno-Pérez, Millán Aguilar-Navarro, Alejandro Muñoz, Miguel López-Moreno, Marta Garcés-Rimón, Ignacio Díez-Vega, Justin Roberts, Juan Del Coso

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Trial report in Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Álvaro López-SamanesGICAF Research Group, Education, Research Methods and Evaluation Department, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0721-0150
Diego Moreno-PérezGICAF Research Group, Education, Research Methods and Evaluation Department, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4737-5534
Millán Aguilar-NavarroInstitute of Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9130-9182
Alejandro MuñozInstitute of Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7679-4116
Miguel López-MorenoInstitute of Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0553-6210
Marta Garcés-RimónGrupo de Investigación en Biotecnología Alimentaria, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3888-4150
Ignacio Díez-VegaDepartamento de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de León, León, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5398-8951
Justin RobertsCambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3169-2041
Juan Del CosoInstitute of Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5785-984X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of this study was to evaluate the acute effect of beetroot juice ingestion on sprint performance and neuromuscular properties of male trained sprinters.

methodsTwelve male sprinters (24.3 ± 4.8 years) participated in a randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled study with two experimental trials after the ingestion of 70 mL beetroot juice (containing 6.4 mmol NO

resultsSalivary concentrations of NO

conclusionAcute ingestion of 70 mL beetroot juice containing 6.4 mmol of NO

Indexed as

Athletic PerformanceBeta vulgarisFruit and Vegetable JuicesMuscle, SkeletalRunningAdultDouble-Blind MethodHumansMaleMuscle ContractionNitratesNitritesSalivaYoung AdultNitratesNitritesDietary nitratedietary supplementsnitric oxidesports performancesprint athletestrack and field

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PMID42148901
PMCPMC13185055

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