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Trial reportScientific reports2024

Caffeine optimizes Zumba training benefits on functional performances in middle-aged women: a randomized trial study.

Fatma Ben Waer, Dan Iulian Alexe, Fatma Chaari, Cristina Ioana Alexe, Rabeb Laatar, Dana Badau, Haithem Rebai, Andreea Mihaela Albina, Adriana Ljubojevic, Sonia Sahli

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Fatma Ben WaerResearch Laboratory Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé, LR19JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Dan Iulian AlexeDepartment of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Movement, Sports and Health, Sciences, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacău, 600115, Bacau, Romania. alexedaniulian@ub.ro.
Fatma ChaariResearch Laboratory Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé, LR19JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Cristina Ioana AlexeDepartment of Physical Education and Sports Performance, Faculty of Movement, Sports and Health Sciences, "Vasile Alecsandri", University of Bacău, 600115, Bacau, Romania.
Rabeb LaatarResearch Laboratory Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé, LR19JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Dana BadauDepartment of Sport Performance, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036, Brasov, Romania.
Haithem RebaiTunisian Research Laboratory 'Sports Performance Optimization', National Center of Medicine and Science in Sports (CNMSS), (CNMSS-LR09SEP01), Tunis, Tunisia.
Andreea Mihaela AlbinaSport Science and Physical Educational Doctoral School, Social and Humanities Sciences University of Craiova, 200585, Craiova, Romania.
Adriana LjubojevicFaculty of Physical Education and Sport, University of Banja Luka, 78000, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sonia SahliResearch Laboratory Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé, LR19JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study aimed to explore the effect of daily caffeine supplementation (100 mg/day) and 12-week of Zumba training on functional performances in middle-aged women. Eighty-five middle-aged women were randomized into 4 groups including control, Zumba training (ZT), caffeine supplementation (Ca) or caffeine-Zumba training (Ca + ZT) groups. Functional performances were assessed using 10 m Walk, Timed Up and Go, Functional Reach, and 30-Second Chair Stand tests. As results, ZT, Ca and Ca + ZT intervention programs showed a significant (p < 0.05) functional performances improvement. However, Ca + ZT group showed significant (p < 0.001) better scores in terms of mobility (95%CI [0.71, 1.43]), gait speed (95%CI [0.52, 1.71]) and lower body endurance strength (95%CI [-6.93, -1.92]), except for dynamic balance (95%CI [-9.41, -3.44]). In conclusion, 12-week of Zumba training improves functional performances in middle-aged women, and daily caffeine intake is an effective alternative for improving such performances. Supplementing caffeine (100 mg/day) to Zumba training was effective in boosting Zumba benefits on these functional performances.

Indexed as

CaffeineAdultDietary SupplementsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthPhysical Functional PerformancePostural BalanceCaffeineCaffeineFunctional performancesMiddle-ageNutritionSupplementsWomenZumba training

Identifiers

PMID39463442
PMCPMC11514171

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