Project

The ergogenic potential of beta-alanine supplementation in elite athletes and the eldery population

Code
01SF1710
Duration
10 February 2012 → 09 July 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Education curriculum
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Gerontology and geriatrics
    • Physiology
    • Gerontology and geriatrics
    • Physiology
    • Nursing
    • Gerontology and geriatrics
    • Physiology
Keywords
bicarbonate exercise performance carnosine
 
Project description

The project investigates the hypothesis that chronic oral bbeta-alanine supplementation can elevate human muscle carnosine content and thereby improve muscle buffer capacity. The impact on adaptation to exercise training and performance is tested in elite athletes as well as in elderly subjects.