Status:

COMPLETED

Difference in Central Fatigue During Two Ultra-endurance Practices: Running vs. Cycling

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Conditions:

Ultra-marathon Runners

Eligibility:

MALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The mechanisms contributing to muscle fatigue in extreme long-duration exercise bouts are poorly understood. Ultra-endurance exercise is an excellent model for the study of adaptive responses to extre...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Specialist in endurance and ultra-endurance. in the 2 disciplines: running and cycling (triathletes, duathletes or trailers achieving at least 30% of their training volume in cycling), and having at least finished one long distance event in the last 2 years,
  • Affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme.
  • Signature of the consent form

Exclusion

  • Any subject who has been injured in the 3 months prior to the protocol
  • Anyone with chronic joint pathologies (e.g.: repetitive sprains, patellar or ligament problems).
  • Any subject with chronic or central neurological pathologies
  • Any subject with a contraindication to magnetic stimulation
  • Use of neuro-active substances likely to alter cortico-spinal excitability (hypnotics, antiepileptics, psychotropic drugs, muscle relaxants) on the study.
  • Contraindication to the application of a magnetic field:
  • Heart or respiratory insufficiency.
  • Subject with a cardiac pace maker.
  • Cardiac valve wear and serious cardiovascular diseases.
  • Presence of prosthetic material or ferromagnetic foreign bodies in the head.
  • Presence of cochlear implants or ocular prosthetic material.
  • History of neurosurgical interventions.
  • Neurological diseases that may affect brain structures and cognitive abilities (e.g., intracranial tumour, multiple sclerosis, history of stroke or traumatic brain injury).
  • History of comitiality, contralateral knee disease or musculoskeletal disease.
  • Any subject participating at the same time in another interventional experiment requiring physical exercise.
  • Any subject who has taken corticosteroids within 3 months (inhalation, infiltration or history of prolonged corticosteroid therapy).
  • Any subject under guardianship or curatorship

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 5 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 15 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

19 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04511858

Start Date

March 5 2021

End Date

July 15 2021

Last Update

November 24 2021

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CHU Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, France, 42000