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. 2018 Feb 21;9:111. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00111

Table 2.

Muscle phosphocreatine ([PCr]) and inorganic phosphate ([Pi]) concentrations and pH at Tlim during incremental (INC KEE) and intermittent (INT KEE) knee extension exercise pre- and post-supplementation for the placebo (PL) and β-alanine (BA) groups.

INC KEE INT KEE
PL BA PL BA
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
End-exercise [PCr] (%) 53 ± 13 52 ± 9 52 ± 9 51 ± 10 49 ± 9 47 ± 12 40 ± 8 44 ± 10
End-exercise [Pi] (%) 442 ± 132 412 ± 73 418 ± 105 431 ± 91 422 ± 84 414 ± 110 510 ± 134 469 ± 58
Baseline pH 7.03 ± 0.02 7.04 ± 0.04 7.05 ± 0.03 7.05 ± 0.01 7.04 ± 0.02 7.04 ± 0.02 7.04 ± 0.01 7.05 ± 0.02
End-exercise pH 6.77 ± 0.20 6.82 ± 0.14 6.88 ± 0.07 6.84 ± 0.12 6.65 ± 0.23 6.57 ± 0.25 6.29 ± 0.15 6.33 ± 0.23
ΔpH −0.26 ± 0.20 −0.22 ± 0.15 −0.14 ± 0.03 −0.19 ± 0.12 −0.38 ± 0.24 −0.46 ± 0.24 −0.75 ± 0.16 −0.72 ± 0.24

[PCr] and [Pi] are expressed relative to resting baseline.