Pre-Exercise Mood and Physiological Responses to Maximal Effort in Elite Rowers

NCT07243613 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2025-11-24

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Summary

This study examined how the body and mood respond to intense physical effort in elite male and female rowers. Athletes completed a maximal rowing test after one week of hard training. Researchers collected blood samples before and after exercise to measure stress hormones and brain-related chemicals. They also used a short questionnaire to assess how the athletes felt emotionally before the test. The goal of the study is to better understand how physical and mental fatigue develop in well-trained athletes, and whether men and women respond differently.

Conditions

  • Health Adult Subjects

Interventions

OTHER

Maximal Rowing Test

Participants completed a 2000-meter maximal rowing ergometer test on day 8 following a standardized 7-day high-load training period. The test served as the physiological and psychological stressor used to assess acute fatigue responses.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Poznan University of Physical Education

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anna Skarpańska-Stejborn, Professor · Poznań University of Physical Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland;

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-15
Primary Completion
2025-03-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Poland

Study Locations

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