Oral Dextrose Formula in Performance of Soccer Athlete
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-06-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
I. Title of Proposed Research Project Dextrose 10% Drink Increase Blood Sugar and Sprint
Velocity Compared to Sodium Dextrose in Soccer Players
II. Specific Aims This study aims to evaluate the ergogenic effect in terms of blood sugar,
VO2 max and sprint speed of dextrose 10% compared with sodium dextrose 10% in young male
soccer players.
III. Background Sports drinks are designed to provide CHO, electrolytes, and fluids to the
body, which are absorbed very fast from the small intestine. In other words, the period from
ingestion until the CHO, electrolytes, and fluids reach the muscles, brain and so on, should
be very short. This is the most important advantage of using sports drinks (Simulescu, Ilia,
Macarie, & Merghes, 2019). Commercial sports drinks generally contain both of CHO and sodium;
To the best of the investigator's knowledge, there is no trial in which compare the
differential effect of solely dextrose supplementation versus sodium dextrose in soccer
players in terms of BG concentration, VO2 max and sprint speed, which may give a new paradigm
for the available ergogenic sports drink.