A Psychophysiological Database of Maximal Effort Tests.

Sports Physical Therapy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Constructing a Psychophysiological Database Towards the Optimization of the Methodological Approach During, and Training Advice After Maximal Effort Tests.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04226534
• Other study ID #: VUB-BLITS
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2040

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Contact: Luk Buyse, Msc. dr.
• Phone: +32 2 629 22 22
• Email: luk.buyse[@]vub.be
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2040
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2040
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy

• Trained

• No medication influencing heart rate or physical performance

Exclusion Criteria:

• Disease

• injury

• 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).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sports Physical Therapy

Intervention

Other:
• Maximal effort test
Performing a maximal effort test on the treadmill

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Vrije Universiteit Brussel	Brussel

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ergospirometry	oxygen consumption and carbon di-oxide production (ml/min/kg)	Up to one hour
Secondary	blood samples	Lactate concentration (mmol)	Up to one hour
Secondary	Rating of perceived effort	Rating of Perceived exertion on a scale from six to twenty	Up to one hour