The Placebo Effect of Ergogenic Aids: Sport Performance, Subjective Feelings and Potential Side-Effects
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2024 | Viewed by 2892
Special Issue Editor
Interests: caffeine; energy drinks; placebo effect; exercise performance; running performance; track and field
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Dear Colleagues,
The placebo effect in sports nutrition (the improvement of sport performance derived from the belief of having ingested an ergogenic substance) has been gaining special interest in recent years. The possibility of improving physical performance by administering a harmless substance offers a remarkable opportunity for coaches and sport nutritionists.
Only a few substances have demonstrated solid effects in improving sports performance. Substances such as creatine, bicarbonate or caffeine have been shown to be effective in improving performance in several sports scenarios, while other substances have shown contradictory effects in current research. However, the intake of some of these substances may present certain adverse effects that interfere with sports performance and/or the health of the athlete, so the suitability of the use of these substances should be assessed on a cost–benefit basis, and the doses and timing of use should be adapted to the individual needs of the athlete. For example, insomnia derived from caffeine ingestion could diminish sport performance in the subsequent training or competitive session.
Several studies have shown that the placebo effect achieves effects of a similar magnitude as the ergogenic substances studied, so the clever use of placebos could be an effective strategy to improve sport performance at different points in the sport season.
As the Guest Editor of the Special Edition ‘The Placebo Effect of Ergogenic Aids: Sport Performance, Subjective Feelings and Potential Side-effects’, I invite you to submit a manuscript to Nutrients, one of the most read and cited research journals in the field of Sports Nutrition. The objective of this Special Issue is to bring together researchers in the fields of sports and exercise nutrition to explore the placebo effect for the enhancement of exercise performance, with a particular focus on sports scenarios. This could include, for example, the influence of the placebo effect on endurance, strength or sprint performance, and/or subjective perceptions (perceived effort, activeness, etc.). Within this Special Issue, experimental research, systematic and meta-analysis and narrative reviews are welcome to advance our knowledge of the placebo effect and its successful use in sports.
Dr. Juan J. Salinero
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- placebo effect
- ergogenic aids
- sport performance
- endurance performance
- strength performance
- sprint performance
- perceived effects
- side effects
