Rules to Follow: 1) the Abstract must be original unpublished data. It can't be a rehash of already published data. 2) If this rule is violated, the PI will be banned from presenting an Abstract for at least one year. And please no posters showing fruits and vegetables telling us how healthy they are. Save that for the 6th grade science fair. 3) The version you submit is the version that will be published in JISSN. We will not accept any last minute changes etc. so that we can expedite the publication process.

All Abstracts will be published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. You will be notified of acceptance or rejection within 7 days or less after we receive your Abstract. We accept original investigations only. The topics of the original investigations may be related to sports nutrition, exercise training, PEDs, sports supplements, foods, beverages, muscle fatigue, hydration, body composition, diet, etc.

The version you submit to present at the ISSN is the version that will be published. We will NOT allow further edits once it is submitted. Otherwise, it will take 4 score and 7 years to get the abstracts published. And one last thing. Please write each authors full name (first and last). Do NOT use their initials for their first name.

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Deadline: May 25,  2024

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No Jitters, but No Energy

Kristiina Kinnunen¹, Cassandra Evans^1,2, Jason Curtis PhD³, Flavia F. Pereira ^2,3, Kendall Andries¹, Rachel DeBlasio¹ , Viraaj Miriyala¹, Jose Rojas², Maria Berrocales¹, Juan Carlos Santana⁴, Jose Antonio PhD^1,4

¹Exercise and Sport Science, NSU Florida, Davie, FL 33328, USA

²Health Sciences, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo, UT 84606, USA

³Exercise and Sports Science, Keiser University Flagship, West Palm Beach, FL 33409, USA

⁴Institute of Human Performance, Boca Raton, FL 33432, USA

Corresponding author: Jose Antonio PhD FISSN at [email protected]

Background: The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of an energy drink (Jocko GO) on measures of mood, sustained attention/reaction time, and hand steadiness.

Methods: A total of 22 active men (n = 6) and women (n=16) (mean ± SD: age 22 ± 5 yr; height 169±9 cm; body mass 68 ± 9 kg; lean body mass 52 ± 10 kg; fat mass 15 ± 7 kg; percent body fat 22 ± 9%; total body water 38 ± 7 liters) participated in this randomized, crossover, counterbalanced trial. Research participants arrived at the Institute of Human Performance (IHP) on two different occasions separated by one week. The following assessments were conducted: psychomotor vigilance test, Profile of Mood States (POMS), and a hand steadiness test (Hole Type Steadiness Tester, Lafayette Instrument) to test for the “jitters.” Each subject consumed either one can (355 ml) of the energy drink or consumed nothing (i.e., control condition). Each assessment was made 30 minutes after consuming the energy drink, whereas, in the control condition, assessments were made 30 minutes after arrival to IHP.

Results:  There were no significant differences between the control and treatment for any of the assessments (Table 1).  All data are expressed as the mean±SD.

Table 1 – Sustained Attention/Reaction Time, Hand Steadiness, and Mood

	Control	Energy Drink	p value
PVT (msec)	297±31	294±28	0.6174
False Starts	2.9±3.0	2.2±1.9	0.1966
Hand Steadiness Errors: Number of Touches	8.5±6.7	8.9±9.7	0.9999
Hand Steadiness Errors: Total Contact Time (seconds)	1.2±1.4	0.9±1.0	0.3836
Total Mood Disturbance Score	19.8±21.3	16.5±18.5	0.3086
Vigor	12.7±5.7	15.2±4.8	0.1307
Fatigue	6.8±4.6	6.2±4.7	0.8564

Conclusions: This particular energy drink does not cause the “jitters.” However, it has no effect on sustained attention/reaction time or mood (i.e., vigor, fatigue). Future research should examine additional time points as well as different energy drink doses.

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