Ischemic Preconditioning in Endurance Athletes

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Exercise Behavior Motor Activity

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Maastricht University Medical Center

Maastricht, Netherlands

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Informed consent
Healthy
Age between 18 and 65 years
Endurance-trained (two or more training sessions per week)

Exclusion criteria

Not applicable

Treatment and study plan

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

Serum concentrations of cardiac troponins

Time frame: 6 hours, 2 hourly time intervals

Secondary outcomes

Indices of cardiac function measured by echocardiography

Time frame: 2 hours post-exercise

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Maastricht University Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Influence of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Cardiac Function After Endurance Exercise

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2013
First posted: Jan 24, 2013
Registry last updated: Mar 19, 2014

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