Status:
COMPLETED
Iron and Muscular Damage: FEmale Metabolism and Menstrual Cycle During Exercise
Lead Sponsor:
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain
Conditions:
Iron-deficiency
Inflammation
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-60 years
Brief Summary
This project is an observational controlled randomized counterbalance study. One hundred and three physically active and healthy women were selected to participate in the IronFEMME Study, of which 57 ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants were required to meet the following criteria:
- Healthy adult females between 18 and 40 years old for eumerroheic and oral contraceptive groups or under 60 years old for postmenopausal women.
- Presenting with healthy iron parameters (serum ferritin \>20μg/l, haemoglobin \>115 μg/l and transferrin saturation \>16%).
- Performing endurance training between 5 and 12 h per week (study I) or experienced in resistance training performing at least 1 h session two times per week during a minimum of a year (study II).
Exclusion
- The exclusion criteria included:
- Irregular menstrual cycles.
- Any existing disease and/or metabolic or hormonal disorder.
- Any musculoskeletal injury in the last six months prior to the beginning of the project.
- Any surgery interventions (e.g. ovariectomy) or other medical conditions that would be exacerbated by an eccentric resistance exercise protocol.
- Regular use of medication or dietary supplements that could affect the results (e.g. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs).
- Taking medication that alters vascular function (e.g. tricyclic antidepressants, α-blockers, β-blockers, etc.).
- Pregnancies in the year preceding.
- Smoking.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2017
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
103 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04458662
Start Date
January 1 2017
End Date
June 1 2020
Last Update
July 7 2020
Active Locations (1)
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1
Laboratorio de Fisiología Del Esfuerzo. Facultad de Ciencias de La Actividad Física Y Del Deporte. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Madrid, Spain, 28040