School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
Florida Institute of Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, Florida, USA.
Eur J Sport Sci. 2024 Jun;24(6):758-765. doi: 10.1002/ejsc.12090. Epub 2024 Mar 18.
Citrulline malate (CM) is purported to be an ergogenic aid during various types of exercise performance. However, the effects of CM on repeated sprint performance (RSP) are under-explored. In a placebo-controlled, double-blind, counterbalanced cross-over design, male university-level team sport athletes (n = 13) performed two familiarization trials, after which CM or placebo (PLA) (8 × 1 g tablets each day) were taken on the 2 days prior to, and with breakfast on the morning of, each main experimental trial. The main experimental trials employed a RSP protocol consisting of 10 repetitions of 40 m maximal shuttle run test (MST) with a 30 s interval between the start of each sprint. Sprint times and heart rate were recorded throughout the MST, and blood lactate concentrations were measured before, immediately after, and 5 min after completing the MST. CM resulted in better RSP compared to PLA, as indicated by a lower sprint performance decrement (S: CM, 4.68% ± 1.82% vs. PLA, 6.10% ± 1.83%; p = 0.03; ES = 0.77), which was possibly influenced by the fastest sprint time being faster in CM (CM, 8.16 ± 0.34 s vs. PLA, 8.29 ± 0.39 s; p = 0.011; ES = 0.34). There were no differences between CM and PLA in average sprint time (p = 0.54), slowest sprint time (p = 0.48), blood lactate concentrations (p = 0.73) or heart rate (p = 0.18), nor was there a condition × time interaction effect across the 10 sprints (p = 0.166). Three days of CM supplementation (8 g daily) attenuated the sprint performance decrement during short-duration high-intensity exercise in the form of running RSP in male university-level team sport athletes.
瓜氨酸苹果酸盐(CM)被认为是各种类型运动表现的一种运动表现增强剂。然而,CM 对重复冲刺表现(RSP)的影响尚未得到充分探索。在一项安慰剂对照、双盲、交叉平衡的设计中,男性大学水平的团队运动运动员(n=13)进行了两次熟悉度试验,然后在每个主要实验试验的前两天以及早餐时服用 CM 或安慰剂(PLA)(每天 8×1 克片剂)。主要实验试验采用 10 次 40m 最大穿梭跑测试(MST)的 RSP 协议,每个冲刺之间的间隔为 30 秒。在 MST 期间记录冲刺时间和心率,在完成 MST 前后立即和 5 分钟后测量血乳酸浓度。与 PLA 相比,CM 导致更好的 RSP,表现为冲刺表现下降幅度较小(S:CM,4.68%±1.82%vs.PLA,6.10%±1.83%;p=0.03;ES=0.77),这可能是由于 CM 中最快的冲刺时间更快(CM,8.16±0.34 s vs. PLA,8.29±0.39 s;p=0.011;ES=0.34)。CM 和 PLA 之间在平均冲刺时间(p=0.54)、最慢冲刺时间(p=0.48)、血乳酸浓度(p=0.73)或心率(p=0.18)方面没有差异,并且在 10 次冲刺中没有条件-时间交互效应(p=0.166)。在男性大学水平的团队运动运动员中,三天的 CM 补充(每天 8 克)减弱了短时间高强度运动形式的跑步 RSP 的冲刺表现下降。