Nutritional and metabolic diseases, Foods for Persons Engaged in Physical Activities, Athletes, Diet, Carbohydrate Loading
Conditions
Interventions
This is a descriptive and experimental research on the effects of oral carbohydrate overcompensation on MMA fighters in the cardiopulmonary exercise test. Thirteen MMA fighters, with a mean age of 26.
Dietary supplement
Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers; males; adults; non-smokers; age between 18 and 35 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: voluntary smokers; sufferers of some form of serious illness; history of alcohol or drug abuse.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increased aerobic power and capacity observed by cardiopulmonary exercise test by the Weltman protocol and reduction of total time in the running test in athletics track with a route of 3,200 meters after increasing carbohydrate intake by MMA fighters.;The aerobic capacity of MMA fighters after increasing carbohydrate intake, showed by cardiopulmonary test according to the Weltman protocol with 4.84% increase on VO2 and reduction of 3.66% of the total spent time for complete the 3,200-meter race test. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are not expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactGraciana Costa
Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Outcome results
None listed