Effect of dietary nitrate on human muscle power: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous narrative reviews have concluded that dietary nitrate (NO₃^-) improves maximal neuromuscular power in humans. This conclusion, however, was based on a limited number of studies, and no attempt has been made to quantify the exact magnitude of this beneficial effect. Such information would help ensure adequate statistical power in future studies and could help place the effects of dietary NO₃^- on various aspects of exercise performance (i.e., endurance vs. strength vs. power) in better context. We therefore undertook a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis to quantify the effects of NO₃^- supplementation on human muscle power.

Methods

The literature was searched using

SUBMITTER: Coggan AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8501726 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature