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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 04;19(1). doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010515.

Acute Effects of Nicotine on Physiological Responses and Sport Performance in Healthy Baseball Players.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Shih-Hua Fang, Chi-Cheng Lu, Hua-Wei Lin, Kuan-Chen Kuo, Chen-Yu Sun, Yi-Ying Chen, Wen-Dien Chang

Affiliations

  1. Department of Sport Performance, National Taiwan University of Sport, Taichung 404401, Taiwan.
  2. Department of Ball Sport, National Taiwan University of Sport, Taichung 404401, Taiwan.

PMID: 35010774 PMCID: PMC8745004 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010515

Abstract

There is interest in whether nicotine could enhance attention in sporting performance, but evidence on the acute effect of nicotine on physical response and sports performance in baseball players remains scant. This was an observational study to examine whether nicotine gum chewed before exercise could provide acute effects on physiological responses and sport performance. Accordingly, heart rate variability (HRV), saliva cotinine concentration and α-amylase activity, cognitive function, muscle strength, and baseball-hitting performance were measured. Thirteen healthy male non-smoker baseball players were recruited. Conducting two sequences with 7-day intervals, they chewed nicotine gum (nicotine group) or flavor-matched placebo gum (placebo group) for 30 min. HRV and saliva analyses were conducted before gum consumption (S1), after gum consumption (S2), and after test completion (S3). Cognitive, muscle strength, and baseball-hitting performance tests were performed after nicotine or placebo gum chewing. The outcomes of all assessed variables were compared within and between the groups. Significant changes in HRV, α-amylase, testosterone, and cortisol were observed in the nicotine group at S2 and S3 (

Keywords: baseball-hitting performance; cognitive function; heart rate variability; nicotine

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