Does caffeine intake enhance physical and physiological performance in swimmers? a systematic review and meta-analysis
This SRMA found no significant evidence that acute caffeine supplementation improves swimming performance, either physical or physiological. Given the small number and sample sizes of included studies and the presence of heterogeneity, the findings should be regarded as preliminary. Larger, well-designed trials are needed to clarify caffeine's true effects on swimmers' performance and to inform practical recommendations.
Authors
- Yang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9471-6840)
- Dongxiang Huang
- Xiangyue Tong
- Hideki Takagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-7014)
- Zhongzheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3426-1579)
- Zhuonan Huang
- Xiaobing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5044-3721)
- Bo Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7168-4495)
Institutions
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (CN)
- South China Normal University (CN)
- Shaoguan University (CN)
- Guangzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Physiology
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2025.1648862
- Primary Topic
- Coffee research and impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Shaoguan University