Comparative Effects of Post-exercise Ingestion of a High or Low Molecular Weight Solution on Resistance Exercise Performance

Task Performance and Analysis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparative Effects of Post-exercise Ingestion of a High or Low Molecular Weight Solution on Resistance Exercise Performance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02778373
• Other study ID #: 1401-45-1401
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 12, 2016
• Last updated: May 17, 2016
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: June 2015

Study information

• Verified date: May 2016
• Source: Texas Christian University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study sought to examine differences in resistance exercise performance, as measured by the kinetic and kinematic profile during multiple sets of the back squat exercise, following ingestion of high or low molecular weight carbohydrate beverages.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: June 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 20 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• having at least 2 years resistance training experience to include the parallel back squat exercise at least once a week

• no musculoskeletal injury within previous 1 year

• not having consumed any nutritional or ergogenic supplement excluding protein and/or a daily vitamin for the previous 6-week period

Exclusion Criteria:

• no previous resistance training experience

• musculoskeletal injury within the previous 1 year

• having consumed or presenting consuming a nutritional or ergogenic supplement

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Task Performance and Analysis

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Vitargo ®, Swecarb AB, Karlskrona, Sweden

• DE15 maltodextrin, Matrin® M160, Grain Processing Corporation, Muscatine, IA

Other:
• Placebo: Water

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Texas Christian University

References & Publications (3)

Leiper JB, Aulin KP, Söderlund K. Improved gastric emptying rate in humans of a unique glucose polymer with gel-forming properties. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2000 Nov;35(11):1143-9. — View Citation

Piehl Aulin K, Söderlund K, Hultman E. Muscle glycogen resynthesis rate in humans after supplementation of drinks containing carbohydrates with low and high molecular masses. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2000 Mar;81(4):346-51. — View Citation

Stephens FB, Roig M, Armstrong G, Greenhaff PL. Post-exercise ingestion of a unique, high molecular weight glucose polymer solution improves performance during a subsequent bout of cycling exercise. J Sports Sci. 2008 Jan 15;26(2):149-54. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Power Output	Change in power output, measured in watts, will be examined over the course of the performance of 5 sets of 10 repetitions of the back squat exercise with a weight corresponding to 75% one-repetition maximum.	1 year	No