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Placebos are used as a control treatment that is meant to be indistinguishable from the active intervention. However, where substantive placebo effects may occur, studies that do not include a nonplacebo control arm may underestimate the overall effect of the intervention (active plus placebo components). This study aimed to determine the relative magnitude of the placebo effect associated with nutritional supplements (caffeine and extracellular buffers) by meta-analysing data from studies containing both placebo and nonplacebo control sessions.

Bayesian multilevel meta-analysis models were used to estimate pooled effects and express the placebo effect as a percentage of the overall intervention effect.

Thirty-four studies were included, with the median pooled effect size (ES0.5) indicating a very small (ES0.5=0.09 [95%CrI0.01 to 0.17]) improvement in performance of placebo compared to control. There was no moderating effect of exercise type (capacity or performance), exercise duration or training statuentation studies. A substantive proportion of supplement effects may be due to placebo effects, with the relative proportion influenced by the magnitude of the overall ergogenic effect. Where feasible, intervention studies should employ nonplacebo control-arm comparators to identify the proportion of the effect estimated to come from placebo effects and avoid underestimating the overall benefits that the physiological plus psychobiological aspects associated with an intervention provide in the real world.
Although high-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) has emerged as an attractive alternative to continuous exercise (CE), the effects of HIIE on ventilatory constraints and dyspnea on exertion have not been studied in obese adults and thus tolerability of HIIE in obese adults is unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in respiratory and perceptual responses between HIIE and CE in nonobese and obese adults.

Ten nonobese (5 men, 24.1 ± 6.2 yr, BMI 23.0 ± 1.3 kg/m2) and ten obese (5 men, 24.2 ± 3.8 yr, BMI 37 ± 4.6 kg/m2) adults participated in this study. Respiratory and perceptual responses were assessed during HIIE (eight 30 s intervals at 80 % maximal work rate [WRmax], with 45 s recovery periods) and two 6-min sessions of CE, completed below and above ventilatory threshold (Vth).

Despite similar WR, HIIE was completed at a higher relative intensity in obese when compared with nonobese participants (68.8 ± 9.4 vs. 58.9 ± 5.6 % maximal oxygen uptake, respectively; P = 0.01). Expiratory flow limitation and/or dynamic hyperinflation were present during HIIE in 50 % of the obese, but in none of the nonobese participants. Ratings of perceived breathlessness were highest during HIIE (5.3 ± 2.4), followed by CEaboveVth (2.5 ± 1.6) and CEbelowVth (0.9 ± 0.7; P < 0.05) in obese participants. Unpleasantness associated with breathlessness was higher in obese (4.2 ± 3.0) when compared with nonobese participants (0.6 ± 1.3; P = 0.005) during HIIE.

HIIE, when prescribed relative to WRmax, is associated with greater ventilatory constraints and dyspnea on exertion when compared with CE in obese adults. CE may be more tolerable when compared with HIIE for obese adults.
HIIE, when prescribed relative to WRmax, is associated with greater ventilatory constraints and dyspnea on exertion when compared with CE in obese adults. CE may be more tolerable when compared with HIIE for obese adults.
Can intermittent energy restriction (IER) improve fat loss and fat-free mass retention compared with continuous energy restriction (CER) in resistance-trained adults?

Sixty-one adults (32 women) with mean (SD) age 28.7 (6.5) years, body weight 77.2 (16.1) kg and body fat 25.5 (6.1)% were randomized to 12 weeks of (1) 4 x 3-weeks of moderate (m) energy restriction interspersed with 3 x 1-weeks of energy balance (mIER; n=30; 15 weeks total), or (2) 12 weeks of continuous moderate energy restriction (mCER; n=31). Analyses of all outcome measures were by intention-to-treat.

After accounting for baseline differences, mIER did not result in lower fat mass or body weight, or greater fat-free mass, compared to mCER after energy restriction. Mean (and 97.5% confidence interval, CI) for fat mass at the end of mIER versus mCER was 15.3 (12.5 to 18.0) kg versus 18.0 (14.3 to 21.7) kg (P=0.321), for fat-free mass was 56.7 (51.5 to 61.9) kg versus 56.7 (51.4 to 62.0) kg (P=0.309), and for body weight (with 95% CI) was 72.1 (66.4 to 77.9) versus 74.6 (69.3 to 80.0) (P=0.283). There were no differences between interventions in muscle strength or endurance or in resting energy expenditure, leptin, testosterone, insulin like growth factor-1, free 3,3',5-triiodothyronine or active ghrelin, nor in sleep, muscle dysmorphia or eating disorder behaviours. However, participants in mIER exhibited lower hunger (P=0.002) and desire to eat (P=0.014) compared to those in mCER, and greater satisfaction (P=0.016) and peptide YY (P=0.034).

Similar fat loss and fat-free mass retention are achieved with mIER and mCER during 12 weeks of energy restriction; however, mIER is associated with reduced appetite.

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Bishop, C, Lake, J, Loturco, I, Papadopoulos, K, Turner, A, and Read, P. Interlimb asymmetries the need for an individual approach to data analysis. J Strength Cond Res 35(3) 695-701, 2021-It has been shown that the magnitude of interlimb asymmetries varies depending on the test selected; however, literature relating to whether asymmetries always favor the same limb is scarce. The aim of this study was to determine whether interlimb asymmetries always favored the same side for common metrics across unilateral strength and jumping-based tests. Twenty-eight recreational sport athletes performed unilateral isometric squats, single-leg countermovement jumps, and single-leg broad jumps with asymmetries in peak force compared across all tests, and eccentric and concentric impulse asymmetries compared between jumps. PKM2 inhibitor ic50 Mean asymmetries for all tests were low (≤-5.3%), and all interlimb differences for jump tests favored the left limb, whereas asymmetries during the isometric squat favored the right limb. Despite the low mean asymmetry values, individual data highlighted substantially greater differences.
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