RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Ergo-Nutritional Intervention in Basketball: A Systematic Review A1 Escribano-Ott, Ignacio A1 Calleja-González, Julio A1 Mielgo Ayuso, Juan K1 Basketball K1 Supplement K1 Ergo-nutritional aid K1 Caffeine K1 Creatine K1 Vitamin D K1 Recovery K1 Performance K1 Fisiología K1 Physiology K1 Deporte K1 Sport AB Using nutritional supplements is a widespread strategy among basketball players toensure the appropriate provision of energy and nutrients to avoid certain complaints. Particularly inbasketball, there is no consensus on the type, quantity or form of use in which these supplementsshould be administered. Therefore, the main aim of this systematic review is to highlight the ergonutritional aids that may be effective in basketball. A structured search was carried out following thePreferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA®) guidelines in theMedline/PubMed and Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Scopus databases until 31 December2021; no year restriction was applied to the search strategy. There were no filters applied to thebasketball players’ level, gender, race, or age to increase the power of the analysis. The results of thissystematic review have shown that the effective dose of caffeine to enhance anaerobic performanceand the feeling of vigorousness and energy ranges from 3 to 6 mg·kg−1, showing more positiveeffects when is supplemented 60–75 min before exercise in the morning and in test-based task. Onthe other hand, vitamin E (ranging from 200 to 268 mg), vitamin D (10,000 IU) and EPA (2 g) mayhave a potential role in recovery and wellness. The primary limitation of this study is the scarcityof studies related to nutritional supplementation in basketball players. However, a major strengthis that this is the first systematic review describing what ergo-nutritional aids may be specificallyhelpful for basketball. Despite the need for future studies, certain nutritional supplements may havepromising advantages for basketball (long-term supplementation of nitrates for recovery), whereasothers (β-alanine, sodium bicarbonate, and acute nitrate supplementation) might theoretically beregarded as not interesting for basketball, or even not recommended by the World Anti-DopingAgency (WADA) as bovine colostrum. PB MDPI YR 2022 FD 2022-01 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7631 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7631 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 29-mar-2024