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Effect Of Caffeine On Exercise Performance: Current Review

Yusuf Buzdağlı, Aslıhan Tekin, Erdinç Şıktar, Günay Eskici

Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise Cilt 23 · Sayı 1 · ss. 86–101 · 01.05.2021

Özet

Caffeine is an ergogenic supplement that has been attracting attention in the sports community for many years. It has been

proven in many studies that coffee consumption has a positive effect on exercise performance. This study was conducted to (I)

examine the effects of caffeine on exercise performance and different performance areas, (II) to provide comprehensive

recommendations on the use of caffeine in sports and exercise, and (III) to identify existing gaps in the literature and to make

key recommendations for future research. This current review article provides an analytical view of studies involving the use

of caffeine for the physical, physiological, and cognitive performance of individuals, and discusses factors that may affect the

ergogenic effects of caffeine on the different proposed activities. Within the scope of this review, previously published studies

were searched using comprehensive keywords related to "caffeine" through "ELSEVIER Science Direct (SciVerse), Taylor &

Francis, EBSCOhost-Academic Search Complete, PubMed and SpringerLink, Google Scholar" databases until January 2021. As

a result, it has been reported that caffeine increases endurance performance by 2-4% and improves short-term and intense

intensity exercise performance in highly trained individuals. The improving effect of caffeine on cognitive performance

supports the use of caffeine as an ergogenic supplement. Caffeine has been shown to increase sympathetic nervous system

activity and release fatty acids from adipose and / or intramuscular stores. This mechanism, which occurs indirectly through

increased adrenaline levels, has the potential to increase the availability of fatty acids for oxidation and the resting metabolic

rate. At the same time, it has been observed that caffeine does not cause dehydration and is a reliable ergogenic supplement in

this respect. The ergogenic effect of caffeine should be clarified by focusing on questions such as at what time of the day

caffeine consumption affects caffeine ergogenicity, the effect of age on caffeine ergogenicity, caffeine intake according to

athlete's training level, and the importance of genotype in terms of caffeine consumption.

Keywords: Caffeine, Exercise, Athletic performance

Atıf için künye

Buzdağlı, Y., Tekin, A., Şıktar, E., & Eskici, G. (2021). Effect Of Caffeine On Exercise Performance: Current Review. Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise, 23(1), 86–101. http://dergipark.gov.tr/tsed

BibTeX
@article{buzdagli2021-304808,
  author = {Buzdağlı, Yusuf and Tekin, Aslıhan and Şıktar, Erdinç and Eskici, Günay},
  title = {Effect Of Caffeine On Exercise Performance: Current Review},
  journal = {Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {23},
  number = {1},
  pages = {86--101},
  issn = {2147-5652},
  url = {https://akademik.atauni.edu.tr/yayinlar/304808-effect-of-caffeine-on-exercise-performance-current-review}
}