Sodium Citrate (Trisodium) and sprint performance
What 2 graded rows on sodium citrate (trisodium) agree on for sprint performance, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Sodium Citrate (Trisodium) page, with its PubMed record.
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Sodium Citrate (Trisodium) and sprint performance
2 rows · 31 peopleSplit. 1 row found an improvement and 1 found no difference.
- DGrade D× 1
- ∅No effect× 1
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 2
- People
- 31
Where they differ
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade D, is a crossover trial of 20 people (2024) and found an improvement. 1 row is graded No effect, our grade for adequately powered trials that found no effect.
Only the row that found an improvement names men in its population.
The row that found an improvement is newer (2024) than the row that found no difference (2015).
The rows
1 improved · 1 no difference- DGrade DRepeated sprint performance in soccer players · Improved
Crossover RCT · n 20 · 2024 · Male soccer players (mean age 20.9)
0.5 g per kg of body weight, 180 minutes before the test (placebo: sodium chloride) · Single dose
Minimum power output (p = 0.024) and sprint decrement score (p = 0.023) improved vs placebo; gut symptoms were higher at 30 (p = 0.003) and 60 minutes (p = 0.010) after the dose.
Row on the Sodium Citrate (Trisodium) page · PubMed 38241467 (opens PubMed)
- ∅No effectUpper-body sprint power across four simulated wrestling matches · No difference
Crossover RCT · n 11 · 2015 · Trained wrestlers
900 mg per kg of body weight within a 17-hour period · Single day
Blood bicarbonate and pH rose, and perceived exertion was lower (P = 0.028), but peak and mean power did not differ from placebo in any of the four tests.
Row on the Sodium Citrate (Trisodium) page · PubMed 25327884 (opens PubMed)