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Influence of Dietary Nitrate on Time Trial Performance in Swiss Paracycling Athletes

NCT02454049 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2019-01-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate wether beetroot juice or sodium nitrate enhances time trial performance in Swiss paracycling athletes compared to the ingestion of a placebo supplement. Furthermore, the effects of beetroot juice and sodium nitrate on performance will be investigated in spinal cord injured and non-injured athletes.

Conditions

  • Exercise Nutritional Physiology

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

beetroot juice

6mmol nitrate

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

sodium nitrate

6mmol sodium nitrate

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

water

plain water

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Claudio Perret, PD PhD · Swiss Paraplegic Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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