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Can Lower-body Occlusion Influence Sports Recovery?

Can Lower-body Occlusion During Low-intersity Cycling Influence Recovery of Youth Elite Soccer Players?

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06921005
Enrollment
15
Registered
2025-04-10
Start date
2025-04-10
Completion date
2025-06-20
Last updated
2025-04-10

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

Conditions

Recovery of Function, Sports

Keywords

sports, recovery, blood flow restriction

Brief summary

This study ai ms to compare the recovery kinetics of different interventions: i) active recovery; ii) continuous vascular occlusion during active recovery; iii) intermittent vascular occlusion during active recovery; iv) control group.

Interventions

OTHERExercise

Recovery with vascular occlusion or active recovery in soccer players.

Sponsors

University of Maia
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
17 Years to 23 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* soccer players * elite athletes * present in the pitch training sessions

Exclusion criteria

* injured athletes * female athletes

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
countermovement jump heightBaseline, post 30 minutes, post 24 hourscountermovement jump height measured using chronojump.
squat jump heightBaseline, post 30 minutes, post 24 hoursSquat jump height measured using chronojump
Bar velocity during squatBaseline, post 30 minutes, post 24 hoursSquat velocity measured using a linear encoder
hip thrust bar velocityBaseline, post 30 minutes, post 24 hourship thrust bar velocity measured using a linear encoder
Perceived fatigueBaseline, post 30 minutes, and post 24 hours.Perceived fatigue measured using the Rating of Fatigue Scale (range: 0 - 10)
Muscle soreness Visual Analogue ScaleBaseline, 30 minutes post, 24 hours post.Muscle soreness measured using a Visual Analogue Scale (0 - 10)
Perceived recoveryBaseline, 30 minutes post, 24 hours post.Perceived recovery measured using the Total Quality Recovery Scale (range 6 - 20)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026