THE EFFECT OF L-CARNITINE SUPPLEMENTATION ON 1500 m RUNNING PERFORMANCE
Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: SUMMARY The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of L-Carnitine on 1500m running performance and blood lactate level. Healthy and well-trained 20 voluntary male athletes were randomly classified in two groups as the control (n=10) and study (n=10) groups. Before the treatment performance times of the athletes for running 1500 m recorded and the blood samples were obtained four minutes after the exercise. Athletes in the study group were treated with 1 x 2 g of L-Carnitine per day after the lunch for 10 days, while the control group had only fruit juice. Then performance time recording and blood taking were repeated to see the effects of L-Carnitine. The results of the control group showed no statistical significance. But in the study group both performance times and plasma lactate levels significantly reduced (p<0.001). In this study, 10 days L-Carnitine supplementation has provided an ergogenic benefit on blood lactate level and 1500m running performance on well-trained athletes.
Language: English
Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W215805082