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Dietary nitrate improves sprint performance and cognitive function during...

AbstractIt is possible that dietary nitrate (NO3−) supplementation may improve both physical and cognitive performance via its influence on blood flow and cellular energetics.PurposeTo investigate the...

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Influence of beetroot juice supplementation on intermittent exercise performance

AbstractPurposeThis study tested the hypothesis that nitrate (NO3−) supplementation would improve performance during high-intensity intermittent exercise featuring different work and recovery...

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The constant work rate critical power protocol overestimates ramp incremental...

AbstractPurposeThe parameters of the power-duration relationship (i.e., the critical power, CP, and the curvature constant, W′) may theoretically predict maximal performance capability for exercise...

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The ‘Critical Power’ Concept: Applications to Sports Performance with a Focus...

AbstractThe curvilinear relationship between power output and the time for which it can be sustained is a fundamental and well-known feature of high-intensity exercise performance. This relationship...

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Effects of self-paced interval and continuous training on health markers in...

AbstractPurposeTo compare the effects of self-paced high-intensity interval and continuous cycle training on health markers in premenopausal women.MethodsForty-five inactive females were randomised to...

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Health Econometrics

AbstractThe term health econometrics has been adopted to describe the development and application of econometric methods within health economics. This article outlines the distinctive issues that arise...

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Acute acetaminophen ingestion improves performance and muscle activation...

AbstractAimAcetaminophen is a commonly used medicine for pain relief and emerging evidence suggests that it may improve endurance exercise performance. This study investigated some of the physiological...

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Book review of Sick of inequality? An introduction to the relationship...

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Prolonged forearm ischemia attenuates endothelium-dependent vasodilatation...

AbstractPurposeRepeated cycles of endothelial ischemia–reperfusion injury and the resulting respiratory burst contribute to the irreversible pathophysiology of vascular diseases, and yet, the effects...

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Time-trial performance is not impaired in either competitive athletes or...

AbstractIt has been reported that mental fatigue decreases exercise performance during high-intensity constant-work-rate exercise (CWR) and self-paced time trials (TT) in recreationally-trained...

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Dynamic panel data estimation of an integrated Grossman and Becker–Murphy...

AbstractWe propose a dynamic panel data approach to estimate a model that integrates the Becker–Murphy theory of rational addiction with the Grossman model of health investment. We define an...

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An IPW estimator for mediation effects in hazard models: with an application...

AbstractLarge differences in mortality rates across those with different levels of education are a well-established fact. Cognitive ability may be affected by education so that it becomes a mediating...

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Equity, opportunity and health

AbstractThis article sets out the foundations for a programme of research that aims to explore equality of opportunity in health by drawing on the statistical tools of causal and mediation analysis,...

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Impact of a novel home-based exercise intervention on health indicators in...

AbstractPurposeThis study tested the hypothesis that a novel, audio-visual-directed, home-based exercise training intervention would be effective at improving cardiometabolic health and mental...

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Steady-state $$\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{2}$$ above MLSS: evidence that critical...

AbstractThe metabolic boundary separating the heavy-intensity and severe-intensity exercise domains is of scientific and practical interest but there is controversy concerning whether the maximal...

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Effect of protocol on peak power output in continuous incremental cycle...

AbstractPurposePeak power output (\({\dot{{\rm W}}} \)peak) in an incremental exercise test (EXT) is considered an important predictor of performance for cyclists. However, \({\dot{{\rm W}}} \)peak is...

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Dietary Inorganic Nitrate as an Ergogenic Aid: An Expert Consensus Derived...

AbstractIntroductionDietary inorganic nitrate is a popular nutritional supplement, which increases nitric oxide bioavailability and may improve exercise performance. Despite over a decade of research...

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A Perspective on High-Intensity Interval Training for Performance and Health

AbstractInterval training is a simple concept that refers to repeated bouts of relatively hard work interspersed with recovery periods of easier work or rest. The method has been used by high-level...

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Aetiology of Significant Liver Test Abnormalities in a Single-Centre Cohort...

AbstractBackgroundThe cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (E/T/I) has been associated with substantial multisystem benefits for...

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