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Table 5.

Results in hockey-specific performance test – acute supplementation strategy

	BASE	SB	PLA	p-Value F $η_{p}^{2}$
Time (s)	939 ± 26^b	914 ± 22^a	919 ± 20^a	0.006
				6.480
				0.371
HR_max (bpm)	179 ± 7	178 ± 7	178 ± 8	0.260
				1.453
				0.139
HR_average (bpm)	163 ± 11^b	157 ± 7^a	160 ± 12^a	0.004
				7.423
				0.452

^ab – different letter inscriptions refer to statistical differences between BASE, PLA and SB. Abbreviations: BASE – baseline (no supplementation), HR_average – average heart rate, HR_max – maximal heart rate, PLA – after placebo treatment, SB – after sodium bicarbonate supplementation