Does Body Composition Predict Running Time?

Body Composition Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Body Composition Predict Running Time?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03400761
• Other study ID #: 2017-01327
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 8, 2018
• Last updated: January 8, 2018
• Start date: December 1, 1999
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: January 2018
• Source: University Hospital, Geneva
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Several studies performed in elite endurance athletes have shown that running performance may be determined by a low fat mass in the overall population.

The "Course de l'Escalade" occurs yearly during the first week-end of December. This race takes place in the city of Geneva. The distance of this race is 7.3 km for all men and elite women, and 4.8 km for non-elite women. During this race, measurement of body composition by biolelectrical impedance analyses (BIA) were performed in volunteer, between December 1999 and 2017.

Hypothesis :

We hypothesize that:

1. A low fat mass is associated with a slower running time, when adjusting for age, body weight, and habitual physical exercise.

2. An increase in fat mass over time increases running time over the years

Objectives :

1. To evaluate whether total and regional body composition is associated with running time at the "Course de l'Escalade".

2. To determine whether changes in body composition with progressive aging lead to changes in running time.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 13000
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All subjects who underwent a measurement of body composition by tetrapolar bioelectrical impedance analyses (BIA) at the "Course de l'Escalade", a fun race occurring yearly in Geneva, between December 1999 and 2017.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Measurements of people <18 years at the time of BIA measurement.

• Measurements of people who did not perform or finish the race.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Composition
• Running Performance

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Geneva

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Association between total and regional body composition and running time at the "Course de l'Escalade"	Body composition measured by bioelectrical impedance analyses. Running time timed.	One day per year between 1999 and 2017 (i.e. the day of the "Course de l'escalade")
Secondary	Association between changes in body composition with progressive aging and changes in running time at the "Course de l'Escalade"	Body composition measured by bioelectrical impedance analyses. Running time timed.	One day per year between 1999 and 2017 (i.e. the day of the "Course de l'escalade")