Evaluation of the efficacy of Lactigo topical gel as an ergogenic aid
Open-label, no control groupHumansTopicalWith LactiGo gel (carnosine-magnesium complex) applied over a warm-up cream
This study tested carnosine together with LactiGo gel (carnosine-magnesium complex) applied over a warm-up cream. Its results cannot be assigned to carnosine alone. More combination studies.
- Design
- Open-label, no control group
- Subjects
- 11 male soccer players from Italian teams, aged 22.5 plus or minus 2.1 years
- Dose used in the study
- 10 mL of gel applied 45 minutes before testing
- Duration
- three test conditions separated by 3-day washouts
- What was measured
- Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 distance and all-out 3 x 1000 m run time under three conditions: no cream, warm-up cream, warm-up cream plus LactiGo.
What the authors reported
The authors report Yo-Yo distance of 1606 plus or minus 129 m with no cream versus 1690 plus or minus 125 m with gel (P=0.069), and 3 x 1000 m time of 248.8 plus or minus 9.6 s versus 239.7 plus or minus 12.6 s (P=0.036). Percentage changes in the abstract and in Table 2 do not match.
Limits of this study
No placebo gel and no blinding described. Eleven athletes. Carnosine was not measured in muscle or plasma. Both authors are named inventors on the LactiGo patent. Online journal; the University of Western States describes it as peer-reviewed.
Source
No PubMed record or DOI. See the citation above.
Entry checked against full text (Academia.edu copy); context from University of Western States blog on 2026-10-11. The dose shown is the dose the researchers used. It is not a recommendation. How to read this page.