Caffeine and Sprint Cycling Performance: Effects of Torque Factor and Sprint Duration.

Purpose: To investigate the influence of torque factor and sprint duration on the effects of caffeine on sprint cycling performance.

Methods: Using a counterbalanced, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design, 13 men completed 9 trials. In trial 1, participants completed a series of 6-s sprints at increasing torque factors to determine the torque factor, for each individual, that elicited the highest (T) peak power output (PPO).

Conventional and novel body temperature measurement during rest and exercise induced hyperthermia.

Despite technological advances in thermal sensory equipment, few core temperature (T) measurement techniques have met the established validity criteria in exercise science. Additionally, there is debate as to what method serves as the most practically viable, yet upholds the proposed measurement accuracy. This study assessed the accuracy of current and novel T measurement techniques in comparison to rectal temperature (T) as a reference standard.

Effects of exercise on alterations in redox homeostasis in elite male and female endurance athletes using a clinical point-of-care test.

Exercise causes alterations in redox homeostasis (ARH). Measuring ARH in elite athletes may aid in the identification of training tolerance, fatigued states, and underperformance. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined ARH in elite male and female distance runners at sea level.