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Muscle Pain as a Regulator of Cycling Intensity: Effect of Caffeine Ingestion

Gonglach AR, Ade CJ, Bemben MG, Larson RD, Black CD

Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 25 citas

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Publicación

Publicado
2015-08-29 · Med Sci Sports Exerc · vol. 48 · número 2 · págs. 287–296
Editorial
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Citado
37 citas · más que el 90% de estudios similares · 2.7× el promedio de su campo
Referencias
33 trabajos
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De pago
Áreas de investigación
Coffee research and impacts · Sports Performance and Training · Muscle metabolism and nutrition
Palabras clave
caffeine, myalgia, exercise intensity regulation, endurance performance, adenosine receptor antagonism, pain threshold, work output, time trial performance
MeSH
humans, caffeine, double-blind method, oxygen consumption, physical endurance, bicycling, adolescent, adult, male, young adult, performance-enhancing substances, myalgia

5 autores

  • Alexander R. Gonglach🇺🇸University of Oklahoma
  • Carl J. Ade🇺🇸University of Oklahoma
  • Michael G. Bemben🇺🇸University of Oklahoma
  • Rebecca D Larson🇺🇸University of Oklahoma
  • Christopher D. Black🇺🇸University of Oklahoma

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Caffeine ingestion improves endurance time trial performance. However, the ergogenic mechanism of action remains unresolved. One potential explanation for caffeine's performance-enhancing effect is an improvement in work for a given amount of muscle pain.

Purpose

To test this hypothesis, participants performed two studies in which they regulated exercise intensity based on feelings of muscle pain.

Methods

Thirteen young men were asked to regulate exercise intensity based on feelings of "moderate" muscle pain (a "3" on a 0-10 pain scale). After three familiarization trials, either caffeine (∼ 5 mg · kg(-1) body weight) or placebo were administered before a moderate pain trial. Nine caffeine "responders" were retested and ask to regulate their exercise intensity at a "strong" pain level (a "5" on a 0-10 pain scale). A caffeine (∼ 5 mg · kg(-1) body weight) or placebo was again ingested before exercise.

Results

Participants performed more work (P = 0.008) and covered more distance (P = 0.008) at a higher average power output (P = 0.009) and VO2 (P = 0.019), for an identical amount of "moderate" muscle pain in the caffeine condition. When exercising at a rating of a "5," caffeine did not increase total work, distance covered, or VO2 for an identical amount of "strong" pain in the nine caffeine "responders."

Conclusions

Our findings indicate caffeine increases work performed during exercise, eliciting a moderate amount of a pain. However, a threshold level of muscle pain may exist above which antagonism of adenosine receptors alone does not induce a hypoalgesic effect.

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