Constructing a Psychophysiological Database Towards the Optimization of the Methodological Approach During, and Training Advice After Maximal Effort Tests.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Sports Physical Therapy
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Ergospirometry
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is first to construct a database containing psychophysiological data from athletes performing a maximal effort test. Second, the investigators want to use the data to optimize the methodological approach during, and trainings advice after maximal effort tests.
Detailed Description
The lab (and research group) of Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel performs exercise tests in both trained and untrained populations. The aim of the maximal effort test is to evaluate endurance capacity and provide recommendations to monitor training load. Until now, this is done by objective parameters such as heart rate, speed, time, power, etcetera. Researchers already presented a method to quantify training intensity distribution in elite endurance athletes based on the rating of perceived exertion. However, during pilot testing and everyday experience, these cut-off values are not always applicable to each individual athlete, nor are they the same for different sports. Therefore, the investigators want to investigate the possible relation between the exercise intensity, and objective and subjective parameters. Thereafter, the investigators want to provide recommendations to a new way of methodological approach during, and trainings advice after maximal effort tests.
Investigators
Jo Ghillebert
Principle Investigator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •No medication influencing heart rate or physical performance
Exclusion Criteria
- •medication influencing (maximal) heart rate or exercise performance
- •Decision made after sports medical evaluation, comprising personal and family history, physical examination and resting electrocardiogram (ECG).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Ergospirometry
Time Frame: Up to one hour
oxygen consumption and carbon di-oxide production (ml/min/kg)
Secondary Outcomes
- blood samples(Up to one hour)
- Rating of perceived effort(Up to one hour)