A Psychophysiological Database of Maximal Effort Tests.

Constructing a Psychophysiological Database Towards the Optimization of the Methodological Approach During, and Training Advice After Maximal Effort Tests.

The aim of this study is first to construct a database containing psychophysiological data from athletes performing a maximal effort test. Second, the investigators want to use the data to optimize the methodological approach during, and trainings advice after maximal effort tests.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Maximal effort test

Detailed Description

The lab (and research group) of Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel performs exercise tests in both trained and untrained populations. The aim of the maximal effort test is to evaluate endurance capacity and provide recommendations to monitor training load. Until now, this is done by objective parameters such as heart rate, speed, time, power, etcetera. Researchers already presented a method to quantify training intensity distribution in elite endurance athletes based on the rating of perceived exertion. However, during pilot testing and everyday experience, these cut-off values are not always applicable to each individual athlete, nor are they the same for different sports. Therefore, the investigators want to investigate the possible relation between the exercise intensity, and objective and subjective parameters. Thereafter, the investigators want to provide recommendations to a new way of methodological approach during, and trainings advice after maximal effort tests.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Luk Buyse, Msc. dr.; Phone Number: +32 2 629 22 22; Email: luk.buyse@vub.be
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Jo Ghillebert, Msc.; Phone Number: +32 2 629 22 22; Email: jo.ghillebert@vub.be

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Brussel, Belgium, 1050
    • Recruiting
    • Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    • Contact: Luk Buyse, Msc. dr.; Phone Number: +32 2 629 22 22; Email: luk.buyse@vub.be

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy
• Trained
• No medication influencing heart rate or physical performance

Exclusion Criteria:

• Disease
• injury
• medication influencing (maximal) heart rate or exercise performance

Decision made after sports medical evaluation, comprising personal and family history, physical examination and resting electrocardiogram (ECG).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Screening
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Maximal effort test; Physiological database	Other: Maximal effort test; Performing a maximal effort test on the treadmill

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Ergospirometry	oxygen consumption and carbon di-oxide production (ml/min/kg)	Up to one hour

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
blood samples	Lactate concentration (mmol)	Up to one hour
Rating of perceived effort	Rating of Perceived exertion on a scale from six to twenty	Up to one hour

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Luk Buyse, Msc. dr., Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 1, 2040
• Study Completion (Anticipated): January 1, 2040

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 8, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): January 13, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 28, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 26, 2020
• Last Verified: May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: VUB-BLITS

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No