Beetroot Juice Doses and Anaerobic Performance | NCT02919254 | Trialant

Beetroot Juice Doses and Anaerobic Performance | NCT02919254 | Trialant

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
High Dosage	Active Comparator	Subjects will receive approximately 8 mmol of dietary nitrate per day delivered as a commercially available beetroot juice supplement for 7 days.	Dietary Supplement: Beet It Sport Shot
Moderate Dosage	Active Comparator	Subjects will receive approximately 0.5 mmol of dietary nitrate per day delivered as a commercially available beetroot juice supplement for 7 days.	Dietary Supplement: Beet It Sport Shot
Placebo	Placebo Comparator	Subjects will receive a placebo beverage containing negligible nitrate for 7 days.	Other: Placebo

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Beet It Sport Shot	Dietary Supplement	Commercially available concentrated beetroot juice supplement intended for athletes.	High Dosage Moderate Dosage

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Muscle activation and fiber recruitment	Muscle activation/fiber recruitment to be measured in millivolts (mV) using electromyography (EMG) sensor during maximum voluntary contractions (MVC) and compared between study arms.	5 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Plasma nitrate/nitrite levels	Plasma nitrate and nitrite levels will be measured at baseline and after 7 days of supplementation and compared between study arms.	5 weeks
Number of repetitions performed

Contacts/Locations Module