Ischemic Preconditioning in Endurance Athletes

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT01774461
• Lead Sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on biochemical and functional indices of cardiac function induced by a 30 km run in healthy trained long distance runners.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-01-21
• Study First Posted: 2013-01-24
• Study Start: 2013-03
• Primary Completion: 2013-09
• Study Completion: 2013-09
• Status Verified: 2014-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2014-03-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

• Informed consent
• Healthy
• Age between 18 and 65 years
• Endurance-trained (two or more training sessions per week)

Exclusion Criteria

• Not applicable

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Serum concentrations of cardiac troponins	6 hours, 2 hourly time intervals

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Indices of cardiac function measured by echocardiography	2 hours post-exercise

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maastricht University Medical Center; 🇳🇱 Maastricht, Netherlands