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CompletedNCT05900349Updated Jun 12, 2023

Carbohydrate Rinsing and Caffeine Gum on Performance of Romanian Deadlifts Performance

An interventional study of Carbohydrate mouth rinsing and 200 mg caffeine gum in Carbohydrate and Caffeine, sponsored by National Taiwan Sport University. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to male participants aged 20 Years to 30 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-12.

Sponsored by National Taiwan Sport University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2022, registered Mar 2023).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 30 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

Two experiments were completed to investigate the effects of carbohydrate mouth rinsing and caffeine gum chewing on inertial resistance exercise performance. It was found that both carbohydrate gargling and caffeine gum chewing could improve inertial resistance exercise performance.

Read the detailed description

This study compared the effects of mouth rinsing with carbohydrates trial (CMR) or a placebo trial (PL) on inertial weight training performance with an inertial weight resistance device. The participants were recruited in this study. Participants were randomly allocated to the CMR and PL groups and subjected to a crossover experiment in which they performed maximum inertial resistance training comprising five sets of six reps, with 3-min rests between sets. After deducting the first repetition of each sets, the mean values from the five sets were analyzed.

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Conditions studied

  • Carbohydrate
  • Caffeine

Keywords

  • Eccentric exercise
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In context

Lead sponsor

National Taiwan Sport University is the lead sponsor of 33 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 30 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  1. regular weight training habits,
  2. familiarity with Romanian deadlift movements
  3. no chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and kidney disease or sports injuries such as lacerated knee ligaments, inflammation and rupture of tendons, strained biceps femoris or quadriceps, and strained biceps within the 6 months prior.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. did not have regular exercise habits,
  2. were unfamiliar with Romanian deadlift movements
  3. had certain health problems that prevented them from performing exercise or injury from which they had not recovered for more than 6 months were excluded.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
20 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Carbohydrate mouth rinsing

    Rinsing mineral water for 20 seconds

    Other: Carbohydrate mouth rinsing

  • Experimental
    caffeine gum

    placebo gum chewing for 10 min

    Other: 200 mg caffeine gum

Interventions

  • OtherCarbohydrate mouth rinsing

    the carbohydrate solution was prepared by dissolving 6.4 g of colorless and odorless maltodextrin in 93.6 mL of water; the mixtures were then adjusted to a 6.4% maltodextrin solution for the participants to rinse their mouths for 20 seconds

  • Other200 mg caffeine gum

    Chewing caffeinated gum for 20 minutes

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. average power performance of Romanian deadlifts on flywheel training device

    average power (watt)

    Time frame: immediately after intervention

  2. concentric peak power performance of Romanian deadlifts on flywheel training device

    concentric peak power (watt)

    Time frame: immediately after intervention

  3. eccentric peak power performance of Romanian deadlifts on flywheel training device

    eccentric peak power (watt)

    Time frame: immediately after intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. peak overload performance of Romanian deadlifts on flywheel training device

    peak overload (%)

    Time frame: immediately after intervention

  2. average force performance of Romanian deadlifts on flywheel training device

    average force (N)

    Time frame: immediately after intervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • National Taiwan University of Sport
    Taichung, 404, Taiwan
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Study protocol · Mar 18, 2022

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Only the researcher can see the data

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 12, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05900349
Lead sponsor
National Taiwan Sport University
Responsible party
Chih-Hui Chiu (Professor, National Taiwan Sport University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 12, 2023
Start date
Mar 18, 2022
Primary completion
Mar 18, 2022
Completion
Oct 21, 2022
Last update
Jun 12, 2023

Study contacts

ChihHui Chiu, PhD
study director · National Taiwan University of Sport

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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