Status:
COMPLETED
Potato Ingestion and Time-trial Performance
Lead Sponsor:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Collaborating Sponsors:
Alliance for Potato Research and Education
Conditions:
Exercise Performance
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This research study evaluates the feasibility and appropriateness of potatoes as an ergogenic aid in comparison to the currently promoted sports gels during a cycling challenge and time trial. Using a...
Detailed Description
The metabolic demands created by endurance activities, which include muscle and liver glycogen depletion as well as losses in body fluids and electrolytes, are significant limitations to the performan...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female
- ≥150 km/wk of cycling mileage
- ≥6 months of prior training history
- VO2peak values ≥45 ml/kg/min for females and ≥50 ml/kg/min for males
- Aged between 20-40 years
Exclusion
- Chronic Smoking or tobacco use
- Active cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes Mellitus or other metabolic disorders
- Liver kidney, or urinary disease
- Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic disorders (e.g., osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, tendinitis, gout, fibromyalgia, patellar tendinopathy, or chronic low back pain)
- Neuromuscular disorders
- hypertension
- Diagnosed GI tract diseases
- Heart Disease
- Bleeding or clotting disorders
- Neurological disease
- Epilepsy
- Respiratory disease
- Pregnancy
- Contraindications for exercise
- \<150 km/wk of cycling mileage
- \<6 months of prior training history
- VO2peak values \<45 ml/kg/min for females and \<50 ml/kg/min for males
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 29 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 29 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
12 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03294642
Start Date
September 29 2017
End Date
September 29 2019
Last Update
October 9 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Freer Hall
Urbana, Illinois, United States, 61801