Status:
UNKNOWN
Echocardiographic Characteristics of High Endurance Israeli Athletes
Lead Sponsor:
Soroka University Medical Center
Conditions:
Athlete's Heart
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to characterize the cardiac adaptive changes of professional Israeli bicyclists by using echocardiography.
Detailed Description
Adaptive cardiac changes, such as enlargement of left ventricle mass and enlargement of left ventricular wall was observed in athletes. The physiological limit of remodeling changes in accordance to s...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Known athletes of the bicyclists organization of Israel or any other known organization for 2 year at least.
- Participated in at least one contest recognized by the bicyclists organization of Israel.
- Had been in training for the last 3 months at least, which included minimum of 8 hours a week in average
Exclusion
- Do not suffer any known cardiac disease
- Had declared that they are not using drugs which are forbidden by the Olympic committee
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
81 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00634335
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
June 1 2009
Last Update
December 30 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Soroka University Medical Center
Beersheba, Israel