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Changes in the Hormonal and Inflammatory Profile of Young Sprint- and Endurance-trained Athletes.

NCT06150105 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2023-12-06

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Summary

One essential element of athlete training is conditioning camps, where athletes undergo a rigorous and targeted training schedule to prepare for upcoming sporting events. During sports camps, due to the accumulation of a large number of training units, including high-intensity exercises, athletes react with post-exercise overload, acute fatigue, and overreaching which can become a chronic overtraining syndrome. Overtraining syndrome is a very specific and severe condition where overtraining without adequate rest and recovery leads to performance decrements lasting more than 2-3 months, coupled with a mood disturbance. The exact etiology and pathogenesis are unknown and actively being investigated.

During training camps the balance between training volumes and recovery is often a delicate one and, the accumulation of exercise-induced stress may exceed the capacity of both neuroendocrine and immune adaptation leading to an alteration of physiological functions, decreasing adaptation to performance, impairment of psychological processing, immunological dysfunction, and biochemical abnormalities. Moreover, there is currently a lack of biomarkers accessible to assist in diagnosing and, what's even more important - help to prevent the overtraining syndrome, except for the continued presence of unexplained underperformance despite athletes' adequate rest and recovery.

Thus, this study aims to explain how long and intensive training for endurance affects the hormonal and immune systems of young athletes.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. How does intense training influence hormonal and immune responses in young, trained athletes?
2. Does training specialization affect the hormonal and immune response to intense training?

Conditions

  • Overtraining Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise training

Intense endurance training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Poznan University of Physical Education

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joanna Ostapiuk-Karolczuk, Ph.D. · Poznan University of Physical Education

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-16
Primary Completion
2018-02-24
Completion
2018-12-10

Countries

  • Poland

Study Locations

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