Using Energy Availability as a Strategy to Explore the Effects of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport on Athletes

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport Clinical Trial

Official title:

Using Energy Availability as a Strategy to Explore the Effects of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) on Athletes' Physiological Function, Health, and Performance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05649267
• Other study ID #: IRB-3-R-026-1.1
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: May 9, 2022
• Est. completion date: August 9, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: National Taiwan Sport University
• Contact: Hsu YI JU, A.P.
• Phone: 03-3283201
• Email: ruby780202[@]ntsu.edu.tw
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this type of study:clinical trial is to test, compare etc. In describe participant population health conditions. Participants will diet record,maintain training and life.

Description:

Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) can negatively affect the health and performance of both male and female athletes. The underlying etiology of RED-S is low energy availability (LEA), which occurs when there is insufficient dietary energy intake to meet exercise energy expenditure. This syndrome refers to impaired physiological function, including metabolic rate, menstrual function, bone health, immunity, protein synthesis, and cardiovascular health. Strategies to support athlete health and training energy availability are an integral part of optimizing training outcomes and preparing for competition. This project aims to investigate the prevalence of RED-S among Taiwanese athletes by recruiting athletes of different age groups and to find the relevance of dietary risk factors to enhance energy availability. This project intends to recruit athletes in aesthetic sports and weight-sensitive sports to study the prevalence of RED-S in different training periods, and to find out the relationship between the possible dietary risk factors and the improvement of energy availability, and to understand whether the strategy of improving energy availability through the concept of nutritional supplements has a positive effect on the relative energy deficiency of athletes. In the first year of this study, the prevalence of relative energy deficits, dietary risk factors in pre-season, competition and off-season will be studied for aesthetic sport and weight-sensitive sport athletes, and relevant biological indicators will be searched. In the second year of this study, the effect of carbohydrates and proteins or specific nutrients as energy availability strategies on low energy availability animal physiological function, exercise performance and overall health status will be investigated. In the third year of this sudy, the effects of carbohydrate and protein supplementation with specific nutrients as energy availability strategies on athletes' physical function, athletic performance, and overall health status during high-relative energy-deficient training will be explored. It is hoped that through the successful implementation of this research project, the results can be applied to personalized dietary planning and ensure that minimizing adverse risk factors for athletes during critical periods, which is the most important key to maintaining good health, performing at their best in training and competition, and winning the highest honor for their country on the playing field.

Keywords: Energy availability, Relative energy deficiency in sport, Low energy availability risk factors, Carbohydrate availability, Protein availability

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: August 9, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 9, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• In the past year, the daily training frequency is =4 times/week, and each time is at least 2 hours, and there are specific special trainers

Exclusion Criteria:

• smoke

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Taiwan Sport University	Taoyuan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chen Ming You

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Body Composition Analysis	DEXA:bone mass density	2022/10/29~2023/07/29
Primary	DEXA:Fat Free Mass	Body Bone Composition Analysis	2022/10/29~2023/07/29
Primary	Inbody:Fat Free Mass	Body Composition Analysis	2022/10/29~2023/07/29
Primary	Inbody:Skeletal Muscle Mass.	Body Composition Analysis	2022/10/29~2023/07/29
Primary	Inbody:Body Fat Mass	Body Composition Analysis	2022/10/29~2023/07/29
Primary	Inbody:body weight	Body Composition Analysis	2022/10/29~2023/07/29
Primary	4 days diet record	Diet Record	2022/10/29~2023/07/29
Primary	Diet Recordcaculate Energy Intake.	Diet Record	2022/10/29~2023/07/29