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Probiotic yogurt effects on health status and performance of endurance adolescent female swimmer

Probiotic yogurt effects on performance, respiratory and digestive system of endurance adolescent female swimmers

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2012122311849N1
Enrollment
46
Registered
2013-01-19
Start date
2009-06-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Performance and respiratory and digestive disease. common cold, Sore throat, Influenza, Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group : Receiving 400 ml yogurt Probiotic containing 4 × 1010 cfu/ml (Colony forming unit per millimeter) comprising of Lactobacillus Acidophilus SPP, Lactobacillus Delbru
Prevention
Intervention group : Receiving 400 ml yogurt Probiotic containing 4 × 1010 cfu/ml (Colony forming unit per millimeter) comprising of Lactobacillus Acidophilus SPP, Lactobacillus Delbrueckii Bulgaricus
Control group: Receiving similar dose of ordinary yogurt

Sponsors

self financial
Lead Sponsor
self financial
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
11 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria :being healthy; having the 400 meter crawl swimming time less than 6 min. 20 Sec . Exclusion criteria: acute gastrointestinal symptoms ; intake antibiotics for two months before the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
VO2max. Timepoint: Harvard Step test will be employed to measure VO2max will be performed at the beginning and end of week eight. Method of measurement: Harvard Step test will be employed to measure VO2max. The athlete step up and down off a 41cm high bench for 3 minutes at a rate 22 steps/minute. On finishing the test the number of heart beats will be counted for 15 seconds. The number of beats will be multiplied in 15 seconds by 4 to give the "step test pulse rate". This final value will be used to assess the athlete's VO2max in ml/kg/min.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea; respiratory infections such as: rhinitis, fever, sore throat, cough, chest ailing breath by sound, ear pain. Timepoint: at the beginning and end of week eight. Method of measurement: All subjects will be asked to record the digestive symptoms such as: stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea; respiratory infections such as: rhinitis, fever, sore throat, cough, chest ailing breath by sound, ear pain; the extent of exercise per meter; the intake of medicine and quantity of the consumed foodstuff product which had been recommended, on the provided questionnaires, daily. The subjects will be advised to refrain from other probiotic products which were outside the project plan.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactLeili Ghadamli

, International Branch, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

leylee61@yahoo.com+98 21 2235 7484

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026