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Energy Availability in Male and Female Elite Wheelchair Athletes Over Seven Consecutive Training Days

NCT04254900 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2020-03-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Low energy availability (LEA) is a major problem in sports as athletes ingest often a lower amount of energy compared to their actual needs. The availability of energy is calculated based on their daily energy intake and the energy cost of the daily training sessions in relation to their fat-free mass. Based on this calculation, it is known how much energy will available for the body (beside the fuel for training) to keep it in optimal physiological functioning. It has been shown, that LEA occurs very often in female athletes, in endurance athletes as well as athletes in weight-sensitive sports (i.e. jockeys, combat sports, gymnastics, ballet). The purpose of this study was to investigate, whether LEA is a problem in wheelchair athletes as well.

Conditions

  • Energy Supply; Deficiency

Interventions

OTHER

evaluating energy availability

energy availability will be determined by measuring energy intake, exercise energy expenditure and fat-free mass and using the following formula: energy availability = (energy intake - exercise energy expenditure) / fat-free mass

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Joelle Flueck, PhD · Swiss Paraplegic Centre

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-01
Primary Completion
2020-03-01
Completion
2020-03-01

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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