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
/A
- 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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method - Plasma nitrite <br /><br>- Plasma nitrate<br /><br>- Heart rate<br /><br>