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- Title
Papel de la cafeína en el rendimiento físico y cognitivo de unidades militares en despliegues.
- Authors
V., Otero-Egocheaga
- Abstract
Background: Caffeine is the ergogenic molecule most commonly consumed by general population. This alkaloid has the ability to enhance both physical and cognitive performance. These features make caffeine an ideal candidate for the improvement of deployed military units’ performance. Objective: To revise preexisting scientific evidence concerning the beneficial properties of caffeine, regardless of its formulation, and its utilization in military missions carried out under stressing or unfavourable conditions. Materials and methods: Only studies deemed the most relevant and whose results were robust, reproducible and contrasted enough were taken into consideration. The scientific databases consulted include PubMed, Scielo, Google Scholar and Elsevier. Discussion: Caffeine consumption among military population is frequent and diverse. The wide variety of formulations available for its employment in military missions promotes the use of this alkaloid as a ergogenic support. Under unfavourable conditions, caffeine has been proven to enhance significantly the performance, which improve the operative time of military units. Conclusion: Caffeine could be able to reduce the consequences of sleep deprivation, such as physical fatigue, or the mental strain caused by long periods of activity. The ideal caffeine consumption would be of 3-6 mg/kg body weight/day, since this dosage has been proven to display all the beneficial effects of caffeine
- Subjects
CAFFEINE; DEPLOYMENT (Military strategy); MILITARY missions; GOOGLE Scholar (Web resource); PUBMED (Online service)
- Publication
Sanidad Militar, 2023, Vol 79, Issue 3, p196
- ISSN
1887-8571
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4321/S1887-85712023000300008