Effects of sodium bicarbonate supplementation on exercise performance: an umbrella review

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Fig. 1 Flow-chart presenting the search process

Table 1 Summary of the meta-analyses included in the umbrella review

Table 2 Result of the quality assessment using the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR 2) checklist

Table 3 Results of the quality of evidence assessment using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) criteria

Fig. 2 Summary of pooled effect sizes (ES) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from the meta-analyses that used Cohen’s d for data analysis. AI: acute ingestion of sodium bicarbonate; BS: best sprint; LS: last sprint; MDI: multi-day ingestion of sodium bicarbonate; RSA: repeated-sprint ability; TW: total work

Table 4 Effects of sodium bicarbonate supplementation on exercise performance: summary findings, methodological quality of literature reviews, and quality of evidence

Fig. 3 Summary of pooled percent changes and 90% confidence limits (CL) from the meta-analyses that used percent changes for data analysis

Table 5 Findings of subgroup analyses reported in the included reviews

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