Ischemic Preconditioning in Endurance Athletes

NCT01774461 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2014-03-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on biochemical and functional indices of cardiac function induced by a 30 km run in healthy trained long distance runners.

Conditions

  • Exercise

Interventions

OTHER

Remote ischemic preconditioning

Blood pressure cuff placed on upper arm and inflated to 200mmHg for 5 minutes then deflated for 5 minutes - this cycle is repeated a total of 4 times.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marja van Dieijen-Visser, PhD · Department of Clinical Chemistry, MUMC, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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