TY - JOUR T1 - Infographic. The road to the ergogenic effect of caffeine on exercise performance JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 618 LP - 619 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101018 VL - 54 IS - 10 AU - Joao Gabriel Baltazar-Martins AU - Diego Brito de Souza AU - Millán Aguilar AU - Jozo Grgic AU - Juan Del Coso Y1 - 2020/05/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/10/618.abstract N2 - The high prevalence of caffeine intake by athletes has prompted researchers to explore its effects on sport and exercise performance, with a particular focus on optimal guidelines for caffeine supplementation.1 The 2018 International Olympic Committee consensus statement on dietary supplements has identified caffeine as one of the few supplements that have good evidence of benefits for performance.2 A recent umbrella review examined caffeine’s effect on exercise performance and highlighted that caffeine ingestion has a small—but significant—ergogenic effect on muscle strength and anaerobic power, along with moderate effect sizes for aerobic and muscle endurance.3 These data explain why caffeine is similarly consumed in sports with very different physiological demands4 and support the notion that caffeine is ergogenic across a broad range of exercise tasks. … ER -