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Study NCT ID:
NCT02082106
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2015-04-29
First Post:
2014-02-11
Brief Title:
Metabolic and Physiological Stress During Skiing
Sponsor:
Paracelsus Medical University
Organization:
Paracelsus Medical University
Study Overview
Official Title:
Metabolic and Physiological Stress During Alpine Skiing Cross-country Skiing and Indoor Training in Untrained and Trained Persons
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2015-04
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Problem description In industrialized countries there is a rapid increase in the number of senior citizens In Austria more than 50 of the population is overweight with highest prevalence in the age group from 60 to 74 yrs and the WHO lists physical inactivity as one of the main behavioral risk factors of cardiovascular diseases
Especially in winter months activity related energy expenditure was 40 and 31 lower in the US and Canada respectively In addition in an Austrian study the winter season was associated with higher blood pressure total cholesterol and body mass index giving an increasing risk of chronic coronary disease by 68 in men and 36 in women
Therefore the development of intervention programs that overcome the winter physical activity deficit and be feasible also for elderly should be goal of future research Alpine skiing AS and cross country skiing XCS have a long standing tradition in Austria and could potentially fill the winter physical activity gap The Salzburg Skiing for the Elderly Study SASES has found AS to be a save and feasible possibility to improve the health of the aged population in many parameters XCS as a competitive sport is already well explored but there are hardly any studies about its effects in the normal or elderly population Unfortunately knowledge about the differences between AS and XCS in the physiological adaptation processes in the elderly population is also lacking
Aims and hypotheses of the pre-study In order to standardize training interventions the present pre-study aims at comparing physiological and metabolic parameters between AS XCS and IT Therefore the results of the pre-study serve as determinants for the training parameters of the above mentioned main study
We postulate that based on the results of the present study it is possible to set up comparable isocaloric training sessions for AS XCS and IT for elderly and unfit persons
Furthermore we assume that elderly and unfit subjects are able to perform a full spectrum of intensities and techniques necessary to set appropriate stimuli for isocaloric comparison
We hypothesize arterial stiffness indices and circulating microRNA miRNA patterns to change due to one bout of physical activity of AS XCS and IT with variations depending on the kind of sport
Especially in winter months activity related energy expenditure was 40 and 31 lower in the US and Canada respectively In addition in an Austrian study the winter season was associated with higher blood pressure total cholesterol and body mass index giving an increasing risk of chronic coronary disease by 68 in men and 36 in women
Therefore the development of intervention programs that overcome the winter physical activity deficit and be feasible also for elderly should be goal of future research Alpine skiing AS and cross country skiing XCS have a long standing tradition in Austria and could potentially fill the winter physical activity gap The Salzburg Skiing for the Elderly Study SASES has found AS to be a save and feasible possibility to improve the health of the aged population in many parameters XCS as a competitive sport is already well explored but there are hardly any studies about its effects in the normal or elderly population Unfortunately knowledge about the differences between AS and XCS in the physiological adaptation processes in the elderly population is also lacking
Aims and hypotheses of the pre-study In order to standardize training interventions the present pre-study aims at comparing physiological and metabolic parameters between AS XCS and IT Therefore the results of the pre-study serve as determinants for the training parameters of the above mentioned main study
We postulate that based on the results of the present study it is possible to set up comparable isocaloric training sessions for AS XCS and IT for elderly and unfit persons
Furthermore we assume that elderly and unfit subjects are able to perform a full spectrum of intensities and techniques necessary to set appropriate stimuli for isocaloric comparison
We hypothesize arterial stiffness indices and circulating microRNA miRNA patterns to change due to one bout of physical activity of AS XCS and IT with variations depending on the kind of sport
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