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itrate supplementation and elite sport performance

Recruiting
Conditions
- performance / prestatie- elite athlete / topsporter- nitrate / nitraat- supplementation / suppletie
Registration Number
NL-OMON21945
Lead Sponsor
Maastricht University, Human Movement Sciences / HAN University op Applied Sciences, Institute of Sport and Movement
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
122
Inclusion Criteria

Healthy and free from injury/sickness

- Athletes of a Dutch national or elite selection of intermittent (team sport) and high-intensity sport disciplines (different disciplines will be investigated in sub studies)

Exclusion Criteria

- Use of medication which can influence test performance or blood analysis (e.g. vasodilatators, blood thinners, bronchoconstrictors)

- Injury inhibiting the athlete from performing the exercise protocol efficiently

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Performance based on sport specific testing (depending on sport discipline and performance test; measured as time to completion, total distance covered or power output).<br>The target sample size of 122 is an estimation based on the total number of athletes needed to be screened for all five sub studies to be able to detect significant performance improvement.<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Plasma nitrite <br /><br>- Plasma nitrate<br /><br>- Heart rate<br /><br>
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