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Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Matches or Bouts during competition.: Changes in normal salivary stress marker levels in athletes due to intervention by matches or bouts during competition for badminton and boxing ath
Sponsors
Suvam Das Gupta
Akoijam Joy Singh
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Elite Athletes of both gender are only included in the study with minimum achieved State or National level medals in their respective sport disciplines viz. boxing and badminton or played International games of their respective sports discipline for the study. 2)Athletes with minimum 5years of advanced training history. 3)Athletes not suffering from any kind genetical disorder. 4)Athletes who didnâ??t suffered from orthopedic injury in one year. 5)Athletes not suffering from acute illness during the time of testing. 6)Athletes who are willing to participate. 7)Athletes with no previous history of cardiovascular, metabolic or respiratory disease will be selected. 8)In case of boxing athletes, weight category range is 45-60kg to be selected thus to include light weight category boxers as Indian Boxing contingent performance as well as Manipuri athletes performance is much better within this weight category range in recent years for both genders.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Athletes with pathological findings during physical examination or laboratory testing. 2)Athletes taking artificial supplements or other related medications which may affect selected salivary biomarker concentration for the present study. 3)Athletes suffering from acute Hemolytic crisis. 4)Female athletes with pregnancy. 5)Athletes suffering from acute musculoskeletal injury limiting them from normal physical activity.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To understand the alteration in stress level, if any, in sportspersons due to intervention by a match or bout among elite athletes of both gender who will be participating in matches or bouts during competition of Badminton and Boxing respectively by using salivary stress biomarkers viz. cortisol, testosterone and immunoglobulin A.Timepoint: 1year 3months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measuring of body fat percentage will be done for proper understanding of physical condition of athletes of both groups.Timepoint: 1 year 3 months;Measuring of body weight will be done for proper understanding of physical condition of athletes of both groups.Timepoint: 1 year 3 months;Measuring of height will be done for proper understanding of physical condition of athletes of both groups.Timepoint: 1 year 3 months;Measuring of maximal oxygen uptake viz. VO2 max will be done for proper understanding of physiological condition of athletes of both groups.Timepoint: 1 year 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactAkoijam Joy Singh
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed