Caffeine Vs. Carbohydrate Mouth Rinsing in Soccer

Launched by TOKAT GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY · Mar 10, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Participants were involved in a randomized, double-blind, repeated-measures design that employed four sessions (familiarization, LSPTCHO, LSPTCAFF, and LSPTCONT) over ten days at a testing facility. The initial session was an orientation, allowing participants to acclimate to the LSPT protocol and provide written informed consent. This session used water as a mouth rinse. Anthropometric data were also collected. Before the LSPT, participants completed 15-minute standardized warm-up sections, including jogging, sprinting, and integrating soccer-specific actions. The participants were asked t...

Gender

MALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Being healthy
• • Male soccer players
• • Willing to maintain the intervention for all sessions
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Being under 14 years old
• • Having a chronic disease
• • Contraindication for caffeine mouth-rinsing (CAF-MR)
• • Contraindication for carbohydrate mouth-rinsing (CHO-MR)
• • Contraindications for exercise

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