Energy Drinks Do Not Improve Le Parkour Performance: A Randomized Controlled Study

@article{Madureira2016EnergyDD,
  title={Energy Drinks Do Not Improve Le Parkour Performance: A Randomized Controlled Study},
  author={Diana Madureira and Jeferson Oliveira Santana and Bruno Avelar and Cesar Augustus Sousa Zocoler and Bruno Lima Rodrigues and {\'E}rico Chagas Caperuto},
  journal={Food and Nutrition Sciences},
  year={2016},
  volume={07},
  pages={338-343}
}
Le Parkour is a sport where the athletes transpose common day-to-day obstacles in the best possible way. This sport demands elements like strength, focus and decision making; elements supposedly affected by energy drinks, with performance improvement. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of energy drink ingestion on Le Parkour athlete’s performance. Twelve male amateur athletes, mean age of 23.5 ± 2.74, took part in this randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled study… 
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