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Abstract

In sports nutrition, nitric oxide (NO) precursors such as L-citrulline are widely used to enhance NO bioavailability, which is considered an ergogenic aid. Our study aimed to examine the effect of short-term L-citrulline supplementation on respiratory muscles’ performance, fatigue, and oxygenation in older adults. Fourteen healthy older males took 6 g of L-citrulline or a placebo for seven days in a double-blind crossover design. Pulmonary function via spirometry (i.e., forced expired volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), and their ratio)), fractional exhaled nitric oxide (NO), maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), rate of perceived exertion, and sternocleidomastoid muscle oxygenation (i.e., oxyhemoglobin (Δ[O2Hb]) and de-oxyhemoglobin (Δ[HHb]), total hemoglobin concentration (Δ[tHb]), and tissue saturation index (TSI%)) were evaluated at baseline, after seven days of L-citrulline supplementation, and after incremental resistive breathing to task failure of the respiratory muscles. The exhaled NO value was only significantly increased after the supplementation (26% p < 0.001) in the L-citrulline condition. Pulmonary function, MIP, rate of perceived exertion, and sternocleidomastoid muscle oxygenation were not affected by the L-citrulline supplementation. In the present study, although short-term L-citrulline supplementation increased exhaled NO, no ergogenic aids were found on the examined parameters at rest and after resistive breathing to task failure in older adults.

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Title
Short-Term L-Citrulline Supplementation Does Not Affect Inspiratory Muscle Oxygenation and Respiratory Performance in Older Adults
Author
Theodorou, Anastasios A 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Chatzinikolaou, Panagiotis N 2 ; Margaritelis, Nikos V 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Christodoulou, Filippos 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tsatalas, Themistoklis 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Paschalis, Vassilis 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, 1516 Nicosia, Cyprus; [email protected] (F.C.); [email protected] (T.T.) 
 Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 61122 Thessaloniki, Greece; [email protected] (P.N.C.); [email protected] (N.V.M.) 
 Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, 1516 Nicosia, Cyprus; [email protected] (F.C.); [email protected] (T.T.); Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, University of Thessaly, 42100 Trikala, Greece 
 School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece 
First page
1951
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20726643
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2806590565
Copyright
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.