Status:

COMPLETED

Neuromuscular and Cognitive Fatigue During a 24 Hour Treadmill Running Exercise

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The main purpose of the present study is to determine the relative contributions of central and peripheral fatigue during an ultra-endurance exercise.

Detailed Description

For that purpose, 14 subjects running 24 hours on a treadmill will be compared with a control group being awake during the same period. Subjects who running will have electrically evoked forces on the...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The subjects of the experimental group will be recruited among experienced ultra-runners . They all have run at least a 12 hour race or longer.
  • The control group will be recruited among experienced ultra-runners . Age of control group will be age experimental group more or less 2 years.

Exclusion

  • The subjects will not be selected if:
  • they were injured in the 3 months before the experiment
  • they had a tendon or joint pathology that could impair strength measurements.
  • they participate to an other experiment at the same time

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00428779

Start Date

September 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2007

Last Update

June 11 2009

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Pr André GEYSSANT

Saint-Etienne, France, 42055