Utility and Validity of a High-intensity, Intermittent Exercise Protocol

Fatigue Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Utility and Validity of a High-intensity, Intermittent Exercise Protocol in Male Jumping Athletes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04531891
• Other study ID #: BC-07679
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 7, 2020
• Est. completion date: November 19, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: University Ghent
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify an exercise-induced fatigue protocol to mimic central and peripheral acute fatigue effects associated with participation in vigorous dynamic sports activities and to understand the expected central (cardiovascular) and peripheral (muscular) impact of this protocol.

Description:

Fatigue-related parameters (BORG, heart rate, blood lactate level, concentric/eccentric force of the quadriceps muscle) will be measured before and after different short-term high-intensity, intermittent exercise protocols.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: November 19, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men
• = 18 years
• Volley- and basketball, non-elite
• = 3 times per week sports participation
• No acute or overuse low back/lower extremity injuries in the past 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women
• <18 years
• >45 years
• other sports than volley- and basketball
• elite players
• <3 times per week sports participation
• acute or overuse low back/lower extremity injuries in the past 6 months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue

Intervention

Other:
• Fatigue protocol
During the fatigue protocol, participants will sprint forward 5 m, cut at a 90° angle, sprint forward another 5 m, and backpedal 5 m. This activity will be repeated 4 times before participants will complete a series of hurdle activities. First, they will perform 2-legged jumps over 5 hurdles that are 30 cm high, turn, and repeat the jumps. Second, they will perform side-stepping exercises over the 5 hurdles. Third, they will complete four 5-m lateral shuffles.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Vakgroep Revalidatiewetenschappen	Gent	Oost-Vlaanderen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Ghent

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Heart rate	Heart rate, expressed in beats per minute	This parameters will be continuously monitored 10 minutes before the start of the fatigue protocol until 30 minutes after completion of the protocol
Primary	Isokinetic dynamometry	Isokinetic dynamometry of the quadriceps muscle	This parameter will be monitored 10 minutes before the start of the fatigue protocol
Primary	Isokinetic dynamometry	Isokinetic dynamometry of the quadriceps muscle	This parameter will be monitored immediately after completion of the protocol
Primary	Isokinetic dynamometry	Isokinetic dynamometry of the quadriceps muscle	This parameter will be monitored 15 minutes after completion of the protocol
Primary	Isokinetic dynamometry	Isokinetic dynamometry of the quadriceps muscle	This parameter will be monitored 30 minutes after completion of the protocol
Primary	Blood lactate level	Blood lactate level, expressed in millimol per liter	This parameters will be monitored 10 minutes before the start of the fatigue protocol
Primary	Blood lactate level	Blood lactate level, expressed in millimol per liter	This parameters will be monitored 10 minutes after completion of the protocol
Primary	BORG	BORG-score, indicating the rate of perceived exertion for legs and breathlessness	This parameters will be continuously monitored 10 minutes before the start of the fatigue protocol until 30 minutes after completion of the protocol
Secondary	Circuit time	Time to perform the fatigue protocol	Time will be recorded immediately after completion of the fatigue protocol