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Number of academy gymnasts suffering from overtraining syndrome in the city of Joao Pessoa

Prevalence of overreaching and overtraining in gymnastics teachers of the city of João Pessoa

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-4w9pkt
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2018-04-24
Start date
2016-12-17
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Physical Education. Training

Interventions

There were 11 participants. The procedures performed were: blood pressure check, autonomic modulation assessment, a sociodemographic questionnaire, two psychometric questionnaires assessing mood state
Behavioural
Other

Sponsors

Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Have been giving gym classes for at least two years; ministering and practicing at least 15 lessons per week; at least six months since the last vacation; seemingly healthy and free of muscle-tendon injuries in the last 30 days

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Have some type of injury that affects your locomotion; have some type of chronic-degenerative disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Teachers taught 23.5 ± 8.8 lessons per week. They presented high mean diurnal sleepiness (7.8 ± 3.4) with 5 above normal levels (normal up to 10). The marker of oxidative stress MDA was above normal (4.6 ± 2.6), being 6 above the reference (1 to 3µM normal). All had blood pressure within the normal range.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Psychometric tests showed that teachers subjectively expressed a physiological imbalance, with a POMS score of 119.8 ± 30.2 points, being 9 above normal limits (up to 100 points) and a score of 20.5 ± 16 in the Overtraining Questionnaire , with 5 above normal (up to 10 points)

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public Contactanderson;anderson rocha;rocha

Universidade Federal da Paraíba;Universidade Federal da Paraíba

anderson-igor@hotmail.com;anderson-igor@hotmail.com+55 - 83 - 988550963;83986506057

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)