“I put it in my head that the supplement would help me”: Open-placebo improves exercise performance in female cyclists

• Bryan Saunders ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: drbryansaunders@outlook.com

  Affiliations Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0995-9077

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• Tiemi Saito,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Rafael Klosterhoff,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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• Luana Farias de Oliveira,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Gabriel Barreto,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Pedro Perim,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Ana Jéssica Pinto,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Fernanda Lima,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Assessment and Conditioning in Rheumatology (LACRE), Rheumatology Division, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Ana Lucia de Sá Pinto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Assessment and Conditioning in Rheumatology (LACRE), Rheumatology Division, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Bruno Gualano

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Assessment and Conditioning in Rheumatology (LACRE), Rheumatology Division, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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