Performance
Conditions
Keywords
performance, cyclists, docosahexaenoic acid, anaerobic threshold
Brief summary
In a double-blind, parallel randomized clinical trial with 38 cyclists in whom the performance improvement was determined after the consumption of docosahexaenoic acid for one month.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTdocosahexaenoic acid
5 dragees every 24 hours
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTPlacebo
5 dragees every 24 hours
Sponsors
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Male between 18 and 75 years old. * Cyclists who train three or four times a week.
Exclusion criteria
* Suffering some type of chronic disease. * Consume habitually pharmacological treatments that could influence the physiological or biochemical responses to be analyzed in the present work. * Consumption in the month prior to the start of the study, or during the performance of the same, functional food enriched with omega-3 fatty acids. * To present during the performance of the stress tests, any of the absolute or relative contraindications dictated by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM, 1999) 15 would be duly informed and excluded from the present study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ergospirometry variable: heart rate | The change was evaluated after one month of product consumption. | It was done with a bicycle with electromagnetic resistance (Spin Trainer ;Technogym). Heart rate was measured in beats per minute. |
| ergospirometry variable: absolute oxygen consumption | The change was evaluated after one month of consumption of the product | It was done with a bicycle with electromagnetic resistance (Spin Trainer ;Technogym).It was measured in milliliters per minute |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ergospirometry variable:respiratory ratio | The change was evaluated after one month of consumption of the product | It was done with a bicycle with electromagnetic resistance (Spin Trainer ;Technogym). Through the oxycon pro jaeger gas analyzer. |
| ergospirometry variable: oxygen equivalent | The change was evaluated after one month of consumption of the product | It was done with a bicycle with electromagnetic resistance (Spin Trainer ;Technogym). Through the oxycon pro jaeger gas analyzer. |
| blood variables: Natremia, potassium, chloremia, calcemia, , bicarbononatemia, ph, lactacidemia. | The change was evaluated after one month of product consumption. | The following variables were analyzed: The variables are analyzed using the ABL 77 radiometer. The unit of measurement is mmol / L. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed